On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 12:30:02PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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>...
>  - "modern 32-bit": PPro and better. Can take CMOV, MMX and TSC for 
>    granted.
> 
> Yes, there are graduations to the above, but reasonably, those three are I 
> think the "architectural" big versions. The rest should be:
> 
>  - pure "tuning" options. A Pentium 4 is different from Core 2 in tuning, 
>    and the best code sequences can be very very different, but the binary 
>    should work on both.
> 
>  - with *dynamic* choices for the differences that are architecturally 
>    visible.
> 
>    Ie the whole choice of syscall/sysenter/int80 is dynamic, not specified 
>    statically at compile time with a config option. So are things like the 
>    different XMM versions etc.
>...

We use 3DNow! for bigger memcpy's if the kernel is configured for a K7.

How does this fit into your picture?

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> 		Linus

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