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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:18:50 -0800
From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [Q] Looking for an emulation for CMOV* instructions.
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 12:54:29AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> It means the compiler for -m686 shouldn't have assumed cmov was available

Eh?  -march=i686 *asserts* that cmov is available.

What's the point of optimizing an IF to a cmov if I have
to insert another IF to see if I can use cmov?


r~
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