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From: GrandMasterLee <masterlee@digitalroadkill.net>
To: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>,
	Linux-Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.4.19/20, 2.5 missing P4 ifdef ?
Date: 28 Nov 2002 22:51:05 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1038545465.25442.7.camel@UberGeek> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1021128121018.12997B-100000@gatekeeper.tmr.com>

On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 11:12, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Dave Jones wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 03:17:53PM +0100, Margit Schubert-While wrote:
> >  > Just noticed this in "include/asm-i386/processor.h" :
> >  > 
> >  > --- snip ---
> >  > /* Prefetch instructions for Pentium III and AMD Athlon */
> >  > #ifdef  CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII
> >  > #define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
> >  > extern inline void prefetch(const void *x)
> >  > {
> >  >         __asm__ __volatile__ ("prefetchnta (%0)" : : "r"(x));
> >  > }
> >  > #elif CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW
> >  > --- end snip ---
> >  > 
> >  > The P4 has SSE and prefetch or no ?
> > 
> > It does. You seem to have found a bug.
> 
> A bug? An inefficiency, obviously, but it should be functionally correct,
> no? Or is there a problem I've missed other than performance?

IMHO, when building systems, any deficiency I find, is logged as a bug.
I'd imagine, anything perceived as a problem, should be treated this
way. Imho, performance, or lack of, is a bug, if a potential fix is
available. 

  --The GrandMaster

  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-29  4:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-28 14:17 2.4.19/20, 2.5 missing P4 ifdef ? Margit Schubert-While
2002-11-28 14:24 ` Dave Jones
2002-11-28 17:12   ` Bill Davidsen
2002-11-29  4:51     ` GrandMasterLee [this message]
2002-11-29  0:08   ` J.A. Magallon
2002-12-02 13:24     ` Dave Jones
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-11-29  7:42 Margit Schubert-While
2002-12-03  9:01 Margit Schubert-While

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