Re: [PATCH] [RFC] x86/cpu: rework instruction set selection

[H. Peter Anvin]

On April 26, 2025 11:55:50 AM PDT, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Dropping CMOV would mean dropping P5 support.
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>Yeah, I think we should make the cutoff at the 686 level. Is there any 
>strong reason not to do that? Stable kernels will still exist for a 
>very long time for ancient boards.
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>	Ingo

I don't think some of the embedded 586-level ISA CPUs are ancient.