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From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
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Subject: Re: Any chance to use 586-bcopy on SMP ? 
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Hi,
> 	Current 3.0 kernel does'nt use Pentium-enchanced bcopy
> in case of SMP. I recall that it was connected with some
> problems in FPU usage in SMP case. Is it feasible to try it
> today ?

I'm not sure of the exact nature of this problem, can anyone give us a
concise description of the probelm with using the FPU bcopy?

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