Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/10] Cr4 is valid on some 486s | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:06:03 +0100 |
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On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 08:04 -0800, Zachary Amsden wrote: > Gerd Knorr wrote: > > >> Yep, extending alternatives is probably better than duplicating the > >> code. Maybe having some alternative_smp() macro which places both > >> code versions into the .altinstr_replacement table? If that sounds > >> ok I'll try to come up with a experimental patch. > > > > > > i.e. something like this (as basic idea, patch is far away from doing > > anything useful ...)? > > > You still need to preserve the originals so that you can patch in both > directions.
why do you insist on both directions? That still sounds like real overkill to me.
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