Re: Bug on 2.6.26 - x86 VIA Nehemiah CentaurHauls processor cannotboot

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Thanks for taking a  look at this. So well, it would be a
> > misconfiguration bug by the distribution then to try to support a
> > generic 686 kernel wihtout GENERIC then.
>
> Well, it may be intentional -- some distros simply exclude support for 
> the lower-volume VIA processors, since that might imply building their 
> "generic 686 kernel" sans CMOV and some other instructions, and changing 
> the compiler's instruction scheduling to something less optimal for the 
> majority.  :/

X86_GENERIC shouldn't disable CMOV?

We're only referring specifically to the family == 6 VIA processors here.

	-hpa

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