Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Remove dynamic NOP selection

[Thorsten Glaser]

H. Peter Anvin dixit:

> But yes, with all even remotely recent CPUs all actually handling nopl
> properly, this isn't relevant anymore.

This was, incidentally, triggered by looking into a problem report that
something did *not* work on a Geode LX system.

People don’t just run Linux on “recent CPUs” (though I at least got me
an Atom and a Core2Duo for it and run BSD on my Pentium-M and VIA C7
systems).

bye,
//mirabilos
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