On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 07:36:43PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > So far as I'm aware, none of the above will be generated directly by > compilers (though they may be available through 'intrinsics'). So it > may be that there is little to be gained by moving to 586-class as a > minimum. If that is so, we should instead think forward to 686-class > with CMOV as a minimum for wheezy + 1. Use of CMOV instructions is an > important optimisation and they *are* generated directly by compilers.
And I think gcc already generates cmov instructions. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
