Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:37:04 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: Randy Rowe <rerowe@rerowe.com>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel cpu entries Message-ID: <20051215173704.GM77268@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <012101c60176$a0d3ed90$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <43A164E8.7040700@rerowe.com> <012101c60176$a0d3ed90$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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On Thu, 2005-Dec-15 12:53:59 -0000, Steven Hartland wrote: >Same here be nice to get a catagoric answer to this. > > Steve >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Randy Rowe" <rerowe@rerowe.com> >> >>I have multiple dual and quad Pentium Pro machines running 4.x that have >>been >>remarkably stable using the I686_CPU setting (kudos to the developers!!). >>So I add myself to the list of those that have been removing the >>I586_CPU option. UTSL: The i586 optimised routines were only ever enabled if the CPU was identified as a 586. And these routines have been disabled since mid-2001. See my mail in the "Odd performance problems..." thread for more details. -- Peter Jeremy
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