Re: Can context switches be faster?

Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-10-14T00:11:45Z

Alan Cox wrote:
> We already do. The newer x86 processors also have TLB tagging so they
> can (if you find one without errata!) avoid the actual flush and instead
> track the tag.

Are there any? I think AMD dropped it rather than spend the effort to
make it work.

J