2011/5/16 H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com>:
> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Zuxy Meng <zuxy.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Misdetected as Athlon by GCC, K6-2+ and K6-3+ are processors that support
>> extended 3DNow! but don't support extended MMX or CMOV.
>>
>> I don't own a K6-2 or Athlon machine. Can anybody have the patch tested?
>>
>> 2011-05-16 Zuxy Meng <zuxy.m...@gmail.com>
>> PR i386/48743
>> * config/i386/cpuid.h (bit_MMXEXT): New
>> * config/i386/cpuid.h (bit_3DNOWP): Deleted
>
> Why do you remove bit_3DNOWP? <cpuid.h> is a public header file.

Because this bit was added to detect Athlon and not used elsewhere.

cpuid.h doesn't define all the feature bits available in the output of
CPUID instruction so I thought only the actually used bits are to be
included.

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