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From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 18:27:26 +0000
Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] New rev 2.1 SDM for Itanium published
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>>>>> On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:08:39 -0800, "Jim Hull" <jim_hull@hp.com> said:

  >> If so, should this be noted somewhere so that naive
  >> people who read the manuals don't assume that it's implemented?

  Jim> There is a new "ao" bit in CPUID[4], which as described on p. 1:32, will
  Jim> be 1 only if the new larger atomic ops are implemented.  Do you think
  Jim> this is insufficient?

The ao bit seems to have gotten lost in the final version of SDM2.1.
It's mentioned (indirectly) in the Document Revision history, but in
the CPUID[4] description, only "branchlong" and "spontaneous deferral"
show up.

	--david