Re: CPU options during config

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:03:18 +0000


On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 09:21:18AM -0500, Michael Meissner wrote:
> At the level of user instructions, the (older?) K6 don't support CMOV and
> FCMOV (Pentium-{Pro,II} conditional move instructions).

Fortunately, this only affects EGCS and PGCC users who patch their
kernel makefile to use `-mpentiumpro' or whatever.

When the time comes for the mainstream kernel to do this, K6 can be a
separate option that uses `-mamdk6'.

-- Jamie

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