From owner-cvs-all Wed May 22 23:16: 0 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from alcanet.com.au (mail2.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 740FE37B401; Wed, 22 May 2002 23:15:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by alcanet.com.au (8.12.1/8.12.1/Alcanet1.2) with ESMTP id g4N6FlR0013627; Thu, 23 May 2002 16:15:47 +1000 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au by cim.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.2-32 #37641) with ESMTP id <01KI2NCQ3Y348Y618F@cim.alcatel.com.au>; Thu, 23 May 2002 16:15:16 +1000 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g4N6Fc9l010534; Thu, 23 May 2002 16:15:38 +1000 Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g4N6Fc2X010533; Thu, 23 May 2002 16:15:38 +1000 (EST) Content-return: prohibited Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 16:15:37 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mutex.c In-reply-to: <200205212226.g4LMQaV68801@freefall.freebsd.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, May 21, 2002 at 03:26:36PM -0700 To: John Baldwin Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mail-Followup-To: John Baldwin , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <20020523161537.A10471@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i References: <200205212226.g4LMQaV68801@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-warning: gsmx07.alcatel.com.au: jeremyp set sender to peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au using -f Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2002-May-21 15:26:36 -0700, John Baldwin wrote: > Add appropriate IA32 "pause" instructions to improve performanec on > Pentium 4's and newer IA32 processors. The "pause" instruction has been > verified by Intel to be a NOP on all currently existing IA32 processors > prior to the Pentium 4. What about non-Intel iA32 look-alikes? And does "currently existing IA32 processors" mean everything back to the 80386, or just Pentium and later (when Intel started using the "iA32" name)? Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message