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SubjectRe: Katmai/PIII support in Redhat kernels
Hi,

On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:34:31 -0700, David Dunn <ddunn@transmeta.com>
said:

> I need to know if support for KNI has propagated into
> supported kernels. In particular, Redhat kernels. I need
> this on my workstation, but can't afford to get out on the
> hairy edge where MIS won't support me.

I think that a lot of Linux people have been experimenting with
in-kernel speed optimisations, not just for KNI but for MMX checksum and
fp-based bulk copy --- all sorts of speed hacks. However, ...

> The basic features I'm interested in are correct context
> switching (fxsave/fxrstor) and dispatching KNI exceptions
> (vector 19) back to the user application.

...I don't know of any patches which export KNI functionality to user
space.

--Stephen

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