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    SubjectRe: Is 386 processor still supported?
    On Thu, 2009-01-15 13:32:52 +0000, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
    > > UP emulation of CMPXCHG and XADD for userland should be rather trivial,
    > > so why not include it like with LL/SC for MIPS?
    >
    > Why not just ship an additional libc with the right options ?

    Due to another historic bug, which created libcs targeted for i386
    containing the locking code for i486, as I was told back when I first
    showed interest for real i386 hardware.

    MfG, JBG

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