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Subject: Re: adding athlon xp to bsd.cpu.mk 
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Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 13:44:03 -0700
From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
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Jerry A! wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 10:00:44PM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> : Hi,
> :
> : how about the following patch (untested) regarding the newer athlon xp
> : processor type ? if needed, I could submit a PR.
> 
> Shouldn't Athlons and AthlonXPs be able to use i686 (pentiumpro)
> instruction set optimizations?

No.  They are different cpu cores that have different optimization
strategies.

The patch doesn't include the AthlonMP which has the same core with
both SSE and MMX.

> Also, what about putting in a mention for TransMeta Crusoe processors?
> 
>         --Jerry
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