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From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>
To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se>
Cc: rdunlap@xenotime.net, gcc@gcc.gnu.org,
	libc-alpha@sources.redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Change x86 prefix order
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:00:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061206180047.GA810@lucon.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200612061752.kB6Hqd1J004450@harpo.it.uu.se>

On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 06:52:39PM +0100, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> 
> If hardware x86 decoders (i.e., Intel or AMD processors)
> get measurably faster with the new order, that would be
> a good reason to change it.

I was told that AMD processors had no preferences and Intel processors
preferred the proposed order.


H.J.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-12-06 18:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-06 17:52 Change x86 prefix order Mikael Pettersson
2006-12-06 18:00 ` H. J. Lu [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-12-06  7:00 H. J. Lu
2006-12-06 16:43 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-12-06 17:00   ` H. J. Lu

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