i686 build of Fedora Core

[H. Peter Anvin]

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> 
> the "new" instruction provided by i686 is "cmov", which, btw, isn't
> actually faster anymore compared to explict test and jump with p4's and
> athlons.
> 

What about on P6 core machines?  It seems Intel is heading down the path of 
multi-P6-core machines.

For Transmeta processors, the dynamic translator turns a jump+mov combination 
into a select micro-op (the native version of cmov), so it doesn't matter 
there; and AFAIK VIA don't have them.

	-hpa