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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
Subject: Re: Intel Pentium II released
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>Bruce, do you think you can add a code to disable the FP-copy when the 
>chip is a 586-class but not from "GenuineIntel" (or whatever)?  The
>only 586-class non-Intel CPU out there is the K6 (K5 too?), right?

CPU_M2 also has class CPU_586.  I don't know if the K6 is a CPU_586 or
a CPU_M2.  It's not really either.  The FP-copy attachment code shouldn't
know about this.  It should run some tests and pick the fastest method.

Bruce