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From: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> > If this is done, it should perhaps be done on only on certain x86s,
> > as some show the results go the other way. For example, the Cyrix III..
> Do we have many SMP Cyrix III's ?

I wish :)  Today no, tomorrow only VIA knows.
I just used that as an example that it may not be a win everywhere.
A better example perhaps was the P5 case Ricky posted, which as you
know, are seen in the real world in SMP.

regards,

Dave.

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| Dave Jones.        http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
| SuSE Labs

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