On December 15, 2016 11:20:17 AM PST, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >The code is not calling CPUID in any performance critical path, only >at initialization. So any discussion about saving a few instructions >is a complete waste of time. > >-Andi Sort of. The BIOS boot code is very space-constrained for certain legacy bootloaders to continue to work. The BIOS boot code proper does not need PIC. However, the existing .ifnc solution already takes care of it, so it doesn't matter. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>