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Re: Can I use LDT on i586?

To: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
Subject: Re: Can I use LDT on i586?
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
Date: 19 May 2001 10:40:41 -0700
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
References: <20010519094610.A27741@lucon.org> <m3k83djme3.fsf@otr.mynet><20010519102744.A28287@lucon.org>
Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)

"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:

> Is there a benchmark I can use or should I just time the linuxthreads
> tests?

I'll not enable the LDT use for any other processor.  Speed is not the
only problem.  There are all these horribly broken x86 clones.  If you
want LDT use an i686.  If you're not using such a processor you don't
care about speed.

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References:
- Can I use LDT on i586?
  - From: H . J . Lu
- Re: Can I use LDT on i586?
  - From: Ulrich Drepper
- Re: Can I use LDT on i586?
  - From: H . J . Lu

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