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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:16:46 +0000
From: Alan <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@kvack.org>
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       Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] use movntq version of fast_clear_page/fast_copy_page on
 Geode
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:08:39 -0200
Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@kvack.org> wrote:

> 
> movntq instruction is supported by Geode CPU's, so use
> fast_clear_page/fast_copy_page versions that have it.

Is it actually faster for macro performance not just microbenchmarking ?

Alan