Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Mar 1997 15:35:58 -0800 (PST) | From | Rob Glover <> | Subject | Re: MMX Technologie |
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On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, James Mastros wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Michies, Richard wrote: > > > > > Does linux 2.0.x support the MMX technologie ? > > > > no. (AFAIK there are no MMX patches around) > > > Is this a kernel issue? Shouldn't this be a simple matter of what code the > compiler generates? > > > but if it's true that the K6 context switches between MMX and FPU > > registers in ~1 cycle, then i'd be more than glad to code up some support > > for it :) > K6=P6? K6 is AMD's pentium-pro comeptitive chip, and it has MMX instructions.
> > > > but the MMX pentium (and Klamath too?) does this in some ~60 cycles which > > is more than just scary ;) > > > > Newest binutils (as) have support for all the MMX opcodes. > > > > -- mingo >
-Rob
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