From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
To: Stefan Hoffmeister <lkml.2001@econos.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sysenter support
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:35:57 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200110291635.f9TGZvbD010750@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Stefan Hoffmeister <lkml.2001@econos.de> of "Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:37:08 BST." <di8qtt8fc0e2qd7qgbc57f5ut7h33ofbnv@4ax.com>
Stefan Hoffmeister <lkml.2001@econos.de> said:
> : On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 22:43:40 -0300, Horst von Brand wrote:
> >AFAIKS you will need to
> >be able to run an i686 glibc on an i386 (install!) kernel
> Why would you ever want to run a binary optimized for the i686 on a
> i386-optimized kernel?
When installing the system. When booting with rescue CD/floppy and trying
to run the native programs on the disk.
> Typically you will want to have a "base" glibc around which really
> serves the lowest common denominator (i386) and then optimized versions
> in the i686 / mmx / sse subdirectories which will run whenever it is
> possible to run
Right. Selected at runtime. Nice bloath + slowdown, that one...
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2001-10-28 10:02 ` Manfred Spraul
2001-10-29 1:43 ` Horst von Brand
2001-10-29 9:37 ` Stefan Hoffmeister
2001-10-29 16:35 ` Horst von Brand [this message]
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