Re: [PATCH] [RFC] x86/cpu: rework instruction set selection

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Apr 26 2025 - 14:56:05 EST



* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dropping CMOV would mean dropping P5 support.

Yeah, I think we should make the cutoff at the 686 level. Is there any
strong reason not to do that? Stable kernels will still exist for a
very long time for ancient boards.

Ingo