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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0809081150370.10413@asgard.lang.hm>
Date:	Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:51:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:	david@...g.hm
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux@...dersweb.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi-suse@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] x86 kenel won't boot under Virtual PC

On Mon, 8 Sep 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> david@...g.hm wrote:
>> I'd hate to see all the distros enabling embedded just to get this 
>> performance boost
>
> It's about producing code that works generically, not a performance boost.

I was arguing against the proposal to enable generic unless someone went 
under embedded to disable it.

if that's not what was being proposed, my apologies for misunderstanding.

David Lang
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