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Re: Change x86 prefix order
- From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe at it dot uu dot se>
- Cc: rdunlap at xenotime dot net, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com, linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org
- Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:00:47 -0800
- Subject: Re: Change x86 prefix order
- References: <200612061752.kB6Hqd1J004450@harpo.it.uu.se>
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 06:52:39PM +0100, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
>
> If hardware x86 decoders (i.e., Intel or AMD processors)
> get measurably faster with the new order, that would be
> a good reason to change it.
I was told that AMD processors had no preferences and Intel processors
preferred the proposed order.
H.J.