Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jun 98 07:42 MET DST | From | (Hans-Joachim Baader) | Subject | Re: MMX emulator ? |
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In article <199806162200.RAA05382@mail.mankato.msus.edu> you write: >If you can assume the MMX functions are there then EACH application >doesn't have to emulate all of the MMX stuff itself if it doesn't have >the REAL hardware. > >This should be treated EXACTLY like the Floating Point hardware... at >least in my opinion.
If you think it's a good idea then just implement it. Nobody else will do it since it's useless.
Hint: The whole point of MMX is speed.
hjb -- "Every use of Linux is a proper use of Linux." -- John "Maddog" Hall, Keynote on the Linux Kongress in Cologne
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