Re: Obvious one-liner - Use 3DNOW on MK8

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Sat Aug 21 2004 - 20:31:38 EST


"James M." <dart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Title says it...my Athlon 64 definitely uses 3DNOW. Patch changes
> arch/i386/Kconfig and has a 3 line fudge factor(I created it a few
> kernels back). Might want to check other arches for the same bug.

It it's not a bug, it is a feature. The K8 is better off not using
the 3dnow memcpy, which is the only feature this CONFIG controls.

Please don't apply.

-Andi

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