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DateFri, 05 Sep 2008 21:07:01 -0700
From"H. Peter Anvin" <>
SubjectRe: [git pull] x86 fixes (NOPL issue)
Robert Hancock wrote:
>>>> if so, should only test on VIA chips.> > The virtual CPUs are more of a problem. They can't be distinguished from 
> the real CPU models they are emulating other than by actually testing.

Right, hence the first-principles test.  In theory we could just execute 
the test on ALL CPUs, but I have excluded family < 6 simply because 
there is a (very) remote possibility one of them might have used that 
opcode for something completely different.

	-hpa


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