From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263574AbTJWOwb (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:52:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263582AbTJWOwb (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:52:31 -0400 Received: from h24-78-210-69.ss.shawcable.net ([24.78.210.69]:39434 "HELO discworld.dyndns.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263574AbTJWOwa (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:52:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:57:10 -0600 From: Charles Cazabon To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FEATURE REQUEST: Specific Processor Optimizations on x86 Architecture Message-ID: <20031023085710.E26723@discworld.dyndns.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200310221855.15925.theman@josephdwagner.info> <20031023001547.GA18395@redhat.com> <200310221947.45996.theman@josephdwagner.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200310221947.45996.theman@josephdwagner.info>; from theman@josephdwagner.info on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:47:45PM +0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Joseph D. Wagner wrote: > So what? Some other kernel developer -- like a module/driver developer, a > real-time systems developer, a simulations developer, or just some guy > messing around (read: student) -- might really want or even need those > specific optimizations. And they can. > Isn't this whole free-as-in-freedom software thing about giving developers > and end-users options they wouldn't otherwise have under closed source > alternatives? In that spirit, shouldn't developers have the option of > optimizing for those specific processors? They do have that option. If they itch, they'll scratch it. Charles -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Cazabon GPL'ed software available at: http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------