Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:52:26 -0500 (EST) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: FEATURE REQUEST: Specific Processor Optimizations on x86 Architecture |
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, J.A. Magallon wrote:
> Patch inlined. Credits should go to Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz>. > It adds the corresponding flags for PII) and P4, and in case thei are defined, > the *fence insn are used.
Andi Kleen did something nice which automagically replaces barrier instructions in 2.6 w/ his 'alternative' code ("include/asm-i386/system.h" 479L)
> Included is also one other patch by Zwane, which states that smp_call_function > needs mb() instead of wmb().
Hasn't this made it into 2.4 yet? It should at least be in -ac(-pac?) i'll try and send it off to Marcelo again.
Thanks, Zwane
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