Re: [git pull] x86 fixes

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To: Andi Kleen <andi@...>

Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...>, x86 maintainers <x86@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...>

Subject: Re: [git pull] x86 fixes

Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 1:01 pm

Andi Kleen wrote:
quoted text> Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> writes:
> 
>> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
>>
>>>  - "modern 32-bit": PPro and better. Can take CMOV, MMX and TSC for 
>>>    granted.
>> VIA C3 (Samuel 2/Ezra, 600 - 1000 MHz?, common on VIA EPIA-*: home
>> theatres etc) can't CMOV.
> 
> AFAIK they fixed that in newer BIOS with a microcode update. It's 
> slow, but it works.
> 

Yes, but if it's slower than jmp+mov than you actively want to avoid it.

	-hpa
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[git pull] x86 fixes, H. Peter Anvin, (Mon Sep 8, 1:52 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Linus Torvalds, (Mon Sep 8, 2:04 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Adrian Bunk, (Tue Sep 9, 12:57 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, H. Peter Anvin, (Tue Sep 9, 1:03 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Adrian Bunk, (Tue Sep 9, 1:43 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, H. Peter Anvin, (Tue Sep 9, 2:12 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, H. Peter Anvin, (Mon Sep 8, 2:22 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Arjan van de Ven, (Mon Sep 8, 2:46 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Andi Kleen, (Mon Sep 8, 6:43 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, H. Peter Anvin, (Mon Sep 8, 2:51 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Ingo Molnar, (Mon Sep 8, 3:02 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, , (Mon Sep 8, 4:25 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Ingo Molnar, (Tue Sep 9, 3:27 am)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Linus Torvalds, (Mon Sep 8, 3:30 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Adrian Bunk, (Tue Sep 9, 12:05 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Sep 9, 12:15 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon Sep 8, 7:17 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Andi Kleen, (Tue Sep 9, 6:24 am)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Mark Lord, (Tue Sep 9, 1:17 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Andi Kleen, (Tue Sep 9, 2:40 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Mark Lord, (Tue Sep 9, 1:48 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, H. Peter Anvin, (Tue Sep 9, 1:19 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, H. Peter Anvin, (Tue Sep 9, 1:01 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Sep 9, 10:54 am)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Arjan van de Ven, (Mon Sep 8, 2:42 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Arjan van de Ven, (Mon Sep 8, 3:55 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, H. Peter Anvin, (Mon Sep 8, 4:14 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Linus Torvalds, (Mon Sep 8, 2:17 pm)

Re: [git pull] x86 fixes, Andi Kleen, (Mon Sep 8, 6:42 pm)


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