Re: i686 quirk for AMD Geode

[Pavel Machek]

> >> > > Teach gcc that geodelx exists? No need to break kernel for that... and
> >> > > you probably can gain even bigger gains.
> >
> > But no standard distribution will be made available in a geode special
> > version - not enough machines in the marekt. So I think it is better to
> > be able to use the i686 specific things they already support, like
> > libc6-686 from debian for example.
> 
> That's exactly the patch point

Not quite.

Your cpu is not 686; stop trying to pretend it is.

Now, maybe it is good idea to run libc6-686 on it. If you can
guarantee it contains no NOPL, fix whatever code is responsible for
selecting libc to use libc6-686 to use that. (Bonus points for
renaming libc6-686 to something more suitable. libc6-cmov?)

									Pavel
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