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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/10] Cr4 is valid on some 486s
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On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 08:04 -0800, Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Gerd Knorr wrote:
>
> >> Yep, extending alternatives is probably better than duplicating the
> >> code. Maybe having some alternative_smp() macro which places both
> >> code versions into the .altinstr_replacement table? If that sounds
> >> ok I'll try to come up with a experimental patch.
> >
> >
> > i.e. something like this (as basic idea, patch is far away from doing
> > anything useful ...)?
>
>
> You still need to preserve the originals so that you can patch in both
> directions.

why do you insist on both directions? That still sounds like real
overkill to me.


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