Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932523AbXBNT4n (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:56:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932517AbXBNT4n (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:56:43 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:60820 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932524AbXBNT4m (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:56:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:55:46 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: Jordan Crouse , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] use movntq version of fast_clear_page/fast_copy_page on Geode Message-ID: <20070214195546.GA2005@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Marcelo Tosatti , Jordan Crouse , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20070214190839.GA4864@dmt.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070214190839.GA4864@dmt.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 624 Lines: 18 On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 05:08:39PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > movntq instruction is supported by Geode CPU's, so use > fast_clear_page/fast_copy_page versions that have it. it's supported, but is it a win ? The same was also true of the VIA C3/C7's, but due to poor memory bandwidth, it turned out to be slower in most cases. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/