Re: i686 quirk for AMD Geode

Pavel Machek
2009-11-08T19:52:03Z

> >> But no standard distribution will be made available in a geode special
> >> version - not enough machines in the marekt. So I think it is better to
> >> be able to use the i686 specific things they already support, like
> >> libc6-686 from debian for example.
> >
> > So hack your distribution to use libc6-686 if you know that it is
> > safe... (that is no NOPL usage there). Still no need to break
> > /proc/cpuinfo.
>
> Better to be sure that a NOPL whouldn't SIGILL your program, isn't
> it?

SIGILL is easier to debug than NOPL mysteriously taking 100x time it
should, sorry.
Pavel

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