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From: Simon Kirby <sim@stormix.com>
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Subject: Re: Pentium 4 and 2.4/2.5
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In-Reply-To: <E13taG6-0000JH-00@the-village.bc.nu>; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 06:47:40PM +0000
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On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 06:47:40PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:

> Ok. Issue settled. So 'rep nop' is safe. Ok that can get into the spinlocks
> for 2.2.18

Just curious... What does "rep nop" actually accomplish, anyway?

Simon-

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