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Date:	Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:28:55 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Simon Arlott <simon@...ott.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...-64.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [16/35] i386: Add an option for the VIA C7 which sets appropriate L1 cache

On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 02:08:58PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
 > Andi Kleen wrote:
 > > From: Simon Arlott <simon@...ott.org>
 > > 
 > > The VIA C7 is a 686 (with TSC) that supports MMX, SSE and SSE2, it also has
 > > a cache line length of 64 according to
 > > http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/cpu/rmma-via-c7.html.  This patch sets
 > > gcc to -march=686 and select s the correct cache shift.
 > > 
 > > Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
 > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
 > > Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
 > > Cc: Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
 > > Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
 > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
 > 
 > Has it been verified in the field that this CPU supports CMOV?

Yes. All their CPUs for some time now have done so.

	Dave

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