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DateThu, 22 Nov 2001 12:02:47 +0100 (MET)
From"Maciej W. Rozycki" <>
SubjectRe: Disabling FPU, MMX, SSE units?
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Is there way not to let linux use FPU, MMX, SSE and similar fancy
> units? I have athlon processor, but would like to turn FPU (and
> similar fancy stuff) off...

 You may use "no387" to disable FPU and MMX (they are controlled by a
single bit in cr0).  No idea about SSE.

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