Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:44:27 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: i686 quirk for AMD Geode |
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On 11/06/2009 06:59 AM, Matteo Croce wrote: > indeed it has MMX, MMXEXT and CMOV, just lacks the long NOP instruction (NOPL).
MMX and MMXEXT are hardly hallmarks of i686, which leaves only cmov. I'm somewhat wondering about the general value of this patch; is i686 code really that much faster on Geode that it's worth it?
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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