Re: [patch] fastcall-2.3.32-B6, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl)
Sun, 12 Dec 1999 00:51:31 -0300

Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> said:
> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912101051390.1121-201000@chiara.csoma.elte.hu>; fr
> ***om Ingo Molnar on Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 12:09:11PM +0100
> > - is conditional on CPU capabilities, checks the CPU for fast syscall
> > capabilities correctly.

> > - does not generate code bloat if the kernel is compiled for a CPU that
> > cannot have a fast system call

> That is bad idea. You want (to be able to) compile 386 kernel with
> fastcall ability when ran on PII. (That's the one RedHat is going to
> ship, you know?)

Says who? They are shipping kernels for i[3-6]86 + SMP already. The install
kernel for ia32 is generic, but _that_ one doesn't matter (nobody will use
it for real, would they?).

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