Subject: Re: options DUMMY_NOPS (was Re: Config File / Kernel Building)
To: Irving Reid <irving@border.com>
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@MIT.EDU>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/18/1996 04:01:05 
"Irving Reid" <irving@border.com> writes:

> 
> >  	You should _try_ DUMMY_NOPS, and if your system likes it, keep it
> >  	as you get a (slight?) performance gain.
> 
> What are the symptoms of a system _not_ liking DUMMY_NOPS?  Does it 
> just plain not work, or does it get flaky?

Could be either.