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Date:      Sat, 14 Sep 1996 14:28:58 +0100
From:      Simon Marlow <simonm@dcs.gla.ac.uk>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pentium-optimized bzero and bcopy 
Message-ID:  <199609141329.GAA10393@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Sep 1996 16:49:21 %2B1000."             <199609140649.QAA06910@godzilla.zeta.org.au> 

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Just out of interest, what difference does the pentium optimised bcopy
make on AMD K5 / Cyrix 6x86 CPUs where the FPU is somewhat slower than
the equivalent Intel part?  Is it still a win?

Hmmm, are these things actually probed as Pentiums anyway?

Cheers,
	Simon

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