Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 09:44:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Zach Brown <zab@zabbo.net> To: Andrew Reilly <andrew@lake.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pentium-III and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9905060942060.1635-100000@hoser> In-Reply-To: <99042118082205.43091@gurney.reilly.home>
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On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Andrew Reilly wrote: > a) tweaking as to understand the new (KNI SIMD float) instructions. > b) tweaking cc (egcs) to emit those, if it can (much less likely, my guess) > c) tweaking the kernel to save and restore the new state on task switches. its also quite worth using the magical cache instructions (prefecth, cache avoiding stores) in some parts of the kernel. We're having fun with these in parts of the linux kernel. Mail me if you want to discuss things further :) -- zach - - - - - - 007 373 5963 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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