Linux for non-CMOV processors

Jarod Wilson jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
Sun Feb 13 23:16:37 EST 2011


On Feb 13, 2011, at 9:12 PM, edwardp-jjFNsPSvq+iXDw4h08c5KA at public.gmane.org wrote:

> But was it worth it dropping support for all those CPU's, just for the sake of a one to two percent increase in performance for faster CPU's?

See my prior reply, that wasn't the only reason.

It was a very welcome change for those who actually work on producing
and supporting a Linux distribution, well worth the sacrifice.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org




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