Re: [PATCH] [RFC] [2.5 i386] GCC 3.1 -march support, PPRO_FENCE reduction, prefetch fixes and other CPU-related changes

From: Luca Barbieri (ldb@ldb.ods.org)
Date: Mon Aug 05 2002 - 04:53:13 EST


> If OOSTORE is defined then we can't safely use any mmx operations, so
> this is all noise and its still the case no change is required
Yes, this is only for future processors (e.g. out-order AMD/Intels or
Winchips with extended MMX).

So are lfence and mfence OK?



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