On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 21:59, Alan Hourihane wrote: > That's debateable. > > In current kernels, if it's not defined you've more than likely > built your kernel with i386 rather than i486 or later, because > building for i486 or later automatically turns on CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG. > I understand that i386's don't have that instruction.
Correct. DRI can still chose to build itself with that instruction and optionally also use an exception handler or check the actual CPU itself (eg when loading the module) ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
