Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: MMX performance.... | Date | Fri, 7 Feb 1997 00:14:43 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > It doesnt work with SMP last time I enquired. Otherwise yes, it would > > be sensible to put it in as an option(it needs to be an option as some > > boards even pentium ones are slower using it). > Fair enough. But I seem to remember the patch also disabled its > functionality if SMP were enabled...
Yes but it ought to work with SMP... its still on my list of things to figure out.
> Which boards are slower? The old ones which only had 32 bit paths instead > of 64?
And some newer boards where vendors have taken shortcuts or used cheap non intel chipsets
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