Re: MMX emulator ?
Jeffrey Hundstad (jeffrey.hundstad@mankato.msus.edu)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 14:39:18 -0500 (CDT)
On 17 Jun, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> I don't think the MMX emulator would exclude the programmer from
>> checking the capabilities of the CPU and deciding NOT to use the
>> emulator. This way people who want to write MMX enabled code get
>> their way, people who want performance on an MMX and non-MMX machine
>> get their way and "lazy programmers" get their way, it doesn't force
>> people to do anything they don't want to do. ...and you NEVER get a
>> program that says it works only on an MMX machine which will decrease
>> the ``wine'' factor from users.
>
> Ok: So if you are lazy programmer, write nice, new library to do MMX
> emulation for yourself. (It probably can be done in userspace). If you
> want max performance, you might want to do it in kernel. We'll be glad
> to talk about it when it is ready.
Agreed.
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