Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:03:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:03:28 -0400 Received: from vger.timpanogas.org ([216.250.140.154]:3294 "EHLO vger.timpanogas.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:03:27 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 14:01:41 -0700 From: "Jeff V. Merkey" To: Alan Cox Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 3DNOW Question/MMX Support in 2.4.X tree Message-ID: <20021004140141.A29819@vger.timpanogas.org> References: <20021004121543.A29145@vger.timpanogas.org> <1033757127.31839.49.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <1033757127.31839.49.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk>; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 07:45:27PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 849 Lines: 25 Alan, Thanks for the prompt response. I will test with P4 and see how much improvement there is. :-) Jeff On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 07:45:27PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 20:15, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > I noticed that the MMX libraries seem tied to CYRIX and AMD builds > > in the config scripts. I am wondering if MMX support for Intel > > is not supported in 2.4.X kernels except for these processor types. > > The code appears to be usable on Intel. > > MMX copies are only a win on some processors, so we only use it in > kernel there. MMX itself works on all processors - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/