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SubjectRe: [patch]K6-2/K-III compile option
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> > K6-II or later. If you look at my code I actualyl catch the prefetch
> > fault and patch it in the Athlon code so you can boot the Athlon kernel on
> > a K6.
>
> So now we are doing this (this meaning patching instructions when the kernel
> is loaded), shouldn't we do it for KNI support too ?

I'm just nopping an instruction not doing clever patching. The idea is the
kernel still boots on any MMX box, not that it switches to the optimal
code



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