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ibrs can't be enabled on no ibrs cpu 

If the cpu is identified, and does not support SPEC_CTRL or IBRS, then ibrs can't be enabled, even if supported by the kernel.
Instead of reporting IBRS enabled and active UNKNOWN, report IBRS enabled and active NO.
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@ -2121,6 +2121,10 @@ check_variant2_linux()
if [ "$ibpb_enabled" = 2 ]; then
# if ibpb=2, ibrs is forcefully=0
pstatus blue NO "IBPB used instead of IBRS in all kernel entrypoints"
else
if [ ! "$cpuid_ibrs" = 'SPEC_CTRL' ] && [ ! "cpuid_ibrs" = 'IBRS_SUPPORT' ] && [ ! "cpuid_spec_ctrl" = -1 ]; then
pstatus yellow NO;
_debug "ibrs: known cpu not supporting SPEC-CTRL or IBRS";
else
# 0 means disabled
# 1 is enabled only for kernel space
@ -2140,6 +2144,7 @@ check_variant2_linux()
*) pstatus yellow UNKNOWN;;
esac
fi
fi
else
pstatus blue N/A "not testable in offline mode"
fi