> > I'll try to send my changes in to RedHat, and if they don't want to
> > accept them, I guess I'll just be quixotic for a while :-)
>
> No need to. When the time and benefit is right, we might do it ourselves.
That's a bummer, although I understand your position -- you don't want
to accept my i586/i686 changes and then find out I botched the job & now
you have to waste time supporting it. Can't blame you. :-)
Still, I wish that the natural incremental process of improving Linux
didn't have to give. I can't be the only nut that'd like to experiment
with i586/i686 compiles. :-)
I dunno, maybe I'll put up a web page for these patches or something.
Steven Boswell
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P.S. Besides, for some applications, the extra instructions can be
really useful. Even if it's something minor like wider-size memory
moves, like we got when Macintoshes moved from 68030 to 68040; that can
help a LOT with a memory-move-intensive application. Point is, small
changes can have surprising effects when applied to the real world. And
I run real machines, not "statistically average" ones.
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