Re: [patch]K6-2/K-III compile option

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 1 Oct 1999 20:07:21 +0100 (BST)

> > K6-II or later. If you look at my code I actualyl catch the prefetch
> > fault and patch it in the Athlon code so you can boot the Athlon kernel on
> > a K6.
>
> So now we are doing this (this meaning patching instructions when the kernel
> is loaded), shouldn't we do it for KNI support too ?

I'm just nopping an instruction not doing clever patching. The idea is the
kernel still boots on any MMX box, not that it switches to the optimal
code

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