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[PATCH] Use string instructions for Core2 copy/clear

It is faster than using a unrolled loop for the use cases the kernel
cares about (cached, sizes typically < 4K)

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Andi Kleen 19 years ago
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      arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c

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arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c

@@ -843,6 +843,8 @@ static void __cpuinit init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if ((c->x86 == 0xf && c->x86_model >= 0x03) ||
 	    (c->x86 == 0x6 && c->x86_model >= 0x0e))
 		set_bit(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC, &c->x86_capability);
+	if (c->x86 == 6)
+		set_bit(X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD, &c->x86_capability);
 	set_bit(X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC, &c->x86_capability);
  	c->x86_max_cores = intel_num_cpu_cores(c);