Re: [git pull] x86 fixes

From: Mark Lord
Date: Tue Sep 09 2008 - 13:17:36 EST


Andi Kleen wrote:
Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

- "modern 32-bit": PPro and better. Can take CMOV, MMX and TSC for granted.
VIA C3 (Samuel 2/Ezra, 600 - 1000 MHz?, common on VIA EPIA-*: home
theatres etc) can't CMOV.

AFAIK they fixed that in newer BIOS with a microcode update. It's slow, but it works.
..

Our firewall here uses a Via C3-600 CPU, and CMOV has never worked on it.
But based upon your posting, I have today upgraded the BIOS to the
latest (2004) version.

Now.. how can I check whether CMOV works or not? It's not listed in /proc/cpuinfo.

Thanks
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