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SubjectRe: pentium memcpy patch
On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Michael Driscoll wrote:

> >All of the official pentium memcpy patch versions (for 2.0.0 and
> >higher) are on my Linux page,
> >http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/linux.html. The most recent released
> >patch is for 2.1.21, which I believe patches into 2.1.25 cleanly.
>
> Yes, it does.
>
> BTW, any luck on getting pentium_memcpy into the standard kernel? I mean,
> it's no real problem patching before compiles, I just think that everyone
> else on a pentium might want to get the benefits that it provides :-) Is
> there some reason it's not in? Still considered too alpha?

If it does get put in to the kernel, I would suggest that it gets its own
config option. It has been reported to cause slowdowns with FPU-intensive
programs. (Quake ;)

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