Linux for non-CMOV processors

[mark-OGhnF3Lt4opAfugRpC6u6w at public.gmane.org (Mark J Dulcey)]

On 2/13/2011 8:14 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2011, at 8:54 AM, edwardp-jjFNsPSvq+iXDw4h08c5KA at public.gmane.org wrote:
>
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Features/F12X86Support
>>
>> Apparently, a decision was made to drop support for non-CMOV processors
>> in Fedora, Ubuntu as well as Mandriva.
>>
>> Looking at the limited info on the link above, there seemed to be some
>> resistance to making that change, just for the sake of a /minimal/
>> increase in performance.
>
> Every bit of performance increase helps.
>
>
>> Was there any particular reason why this was done?
>
> 1) Performance benefits for people running on systems that were built
> this century.

The Via C3 isn't so ancient though, and some people like to use them for 
quiet low-power servers.