Re: [PATCH] x86: Don't use NOPL on 32-bit cpu's because not all systemssupport it.

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Sep 16 2008 - 13:28:44 EST


Alan Cox wrote:
Given that, we should either just rip this code out, or detect VPC (how?). The latter option can be done post-.27, of course; if so, we

Make the user pass a "vpcworkarounds" boot option...

<joke>
Kernel Tainted: Microsoft
</joke>

-hpa

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