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Date:      Mon, 9 Nov 1998 21:22:30 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au, narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG, jc@irbs.com, mike@smith.net.au, peter@netplex.com.au, smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Dog Sloooow SMP
Message-ID:  <199811091022.VAA22031@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> FreeBSD should use its own bitmap of capabilities and not test the Intel
>> flags except once to translate them.  32 general flags might even be
>> enough.
>> 
>
>How about 64 for the odd case that K7 actually materialises as promised
>and people start putting them in dual motherboards?

That would be almost twice as slow for CC=gcc.   CC=egcs handles 64-bit
bit tests better, especially for the low 32 bits.

Bruce

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