Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 06:58:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 06:57:52 -0500 Received: from delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl ([213.192.72.1]:45031 "EHLO delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 06:57:48 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 12:54:43 +0100 (MET) From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" To: Jamie Lokier cc: Alan Cox , Richard Henderson , Ronald Wahl , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Q] Looking for an emulation for CMOV* instructions. In-Reply-To: <20020116151852.B31993@kushida.apsleyroad.org> Message-ID: Organization: Technical University of Gdansk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Jamie Lokier wrote: > > I've always wondered. Intel made the instruction optional yet there isnt > > an obvious way to do runtime fixups on it > > Yes there is -- emulation! :-) For shared libraries the dynamic linker could choose appropriate images. -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available + - 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/