Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 13:03:15 -0500 (EST) From: Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net> To: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bcopy via npx not in 686 version? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971115130123.220R-100000@cello.synapse.net> In-Reply-To: <199711151800.NAA04220@dyson.iquest.net>
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On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, John S. Dyson wrote: > There isn't an advantage using the FPU for bcopys on P6 processors. In > fact, movs[*] instructions are optimized on a P6. Ahh, ok. It's good to know that Intel thought about optimise something in the P6 while they were busy designing obnoxious bugs in to the P5 line :-) Evan
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