Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386 rw_semaphores fix | Date | Tue, 10 Apr 2001 23:00:31 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> I guess 386 could live with an exception handler that emulates it.
386 could use a simpler setup and is non SMP
> (BTW an generic exception handler for CMPXCHG would also be very useful > for glibc -- currently it has special checking code for 386 in its mutexes) > The 386 are so slow that nobody would probably notice a bit more slowness > by a few exceptions.
Be serious. You can compile glibc without 386 support. Most vendors already distribute 386/586 or 386/686 glibc sets.
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