Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 7 Feb 1997 16:27:16 -0500 (EST) | From | Nathan Bryant <> | Subject | Re: pentium memcpy patch |
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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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