Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 04 Sep 2000 10:25:34 +0300 | From | Petko Manolov <> | Subject | Re: [patch] string-486.h modified |
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Pavel Machek wrote: > > > If your patch doesn't hurt anything, even if it only adds marginal > > performance, I'm pretty sure that Linus will accept it. > > I think patch like this is not safe for 2.4.X-pre.
Not necessary. These routines are quite simple so a 1 week period spend in heavy tests by many people can prove the stability.
> However, in 2.5.0 we should apply it, and force it on *all* cpus just > to test it well. Then in 2.5.10 we should turn it off for > pentium/MMX+.
There are no so many 486 machines running 2.4 and there will be less using 2.5/6. After passing the tests I want to see this patch in 2.2 tree where it is more useful. Of course if Alan accept it.
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