Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch] fastcall-2.3.32-B6, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support | Date | Sun, 12 Dec 1999 00:51:31 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> said: > In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912101051390.1121-201000@chiara.csoma.elte.hu>; fr > ***om Ingo Molnar on Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 12:09:11PM +0100 > > - is conditional on CPU capabilities, checks the CPU for fast syscall > > capabilities correctly.
> > - does not generate code bloat if the kernel is compiled for a CPU that > > cannot have a fast system call
> That is bad idea. You want (to be able to) compile 386 kernel with > fastcall ability when ran on PII. (That's the one RedHat is going to > ship, you know?)
Says who? They are shipping kernels for i[3-6]86 + SMP already. The install kernel for ia32 is generic, but _that_ one doesn't matter (nobody will use it for real, would they?). -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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