New install

Alan Cox alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Sat Sep 18 12:10:04 UTC 2010


> While waiting for the (clears throat) definitive answer from this
> list, you might want to try Googling CMOV and pondering what comes up.
>  Among other things, I wonder if the problem isn't the way the
> instruction is (or isn't) detected (or, alternately, how CMOV is
> implemented by a particular chip), rather than whether the capability
> is really present or not.  Please keep in mind that I am not a
> know-it-all hotshot who has an instant answer for everything, just
> someone who sometimes remembers odd things.  CMOV has an interesting
> history.

CMOV is Pentium Pro instruction set (optional instruction only) or later.
It also has no real benefit on almost any process so its a peculiar thing
to require in a distro.

Alan


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