Re: MMX emulator ?

Shawn Leas (linker@nightshade.ml.org)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 17:04:48 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Sylvain Pion wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wondered whether there has been some thoughts about implementing an MMX
> emulator in the kernel, something like the FPU emulator. It sounds like a
> good idea, because we could run MMX apps on processors that don't support it.
> But I'm not sure how easy it would be. Ideas ?
>
> --
> Sylvain

Wouldn't it be better for all if apps:

i = detect_MMMX();
if !i then usenormalstuff=1;
else usemmx=1;

then had code for both cases???

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