From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753423AbYCKJ3T (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:29:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751740AbYCKJ3M (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:29:12 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:58251 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751706AbYCKJ3L (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:29:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:28:43 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Hugh Dickins Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Thomas Gleixner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: P6 NOPs again: MPSC? Message-ID: <20080311092843.GO25110@elte.hu> References: <20080304210111.GB31546@elte.hu> <47CDBE09.3060000@zytor.com> <47D59743.7040709@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Hugh Dickins wrote: > (But I've lost my way around here. A good example of the 32/64 > confusion is how one has to remember that X86_GENERIC is peculiar to > 32-bit, and CPU_GENERIC peculiar to 64-bit. And CPU_GENERIC is > understandably an alternative to the specific 64-bit models, but > X86_GENERIC is strangely in addition to the specific 32-bit models.) yes - this is one of the arbitrary deviations between 32-bit and 64-bit. Patches to bring the concepts and names in sync are welcome :-) Ingo