Re: thread_info implementation

From: David Mosberger (davidm@hpl.hp.com)
Date: Tue Feb 12 2002 - 00:50:12 EST


>>>>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 21:32:48 -0800 (PST), "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> said:

  DaveM> BTW, your "4 issue" comments assume the cpu can do 4 non-FPU
  DaveM> instructions per cycle, most I am aware of cannot and I think ia64
  DaveM> even falls into the "cannot" category. Doesn't it?

Itanium can certainly issue 5 non-fp instructions per cycle (not very
common, but possible). 4-issue is easy.

        --david
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