Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 6 Feb 1997 23:32:19 +0000 (GMT) | From | Chris Evans <> | Subject | Re: MMX performance.... |
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On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Is the Pentium memcpy patch in 2.1.x yet? If not, why not? Such a low > > level change should go into the development kernels as early as possible, > > surely... > > It doesnt work with SMP last time I enquired. Otherwise yes, it would > be sensible to put it in as an option(it needs to be an option as some > boards even pentium ones are slower using it).
Fair enough. But I seem to remember the patch also disabled its functionality if SMP were enabled...
Which boards are slower? The old ones which only had 32 bit paths instead of 64?
Chris.
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