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From: Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk>
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Ok, I solved my own problem

On 3.0-RELEASE

as -v       gives me GNU Assembler 2.9.1
as -aout -v gives me GNU Assembler 1.92.3
So aout mode does drop back to the old toolchain. That is a pitty.

So in order to make a.out binaries with MMX inline code, I need to make
a new
copy of gas 2.9.1 in a.out format. (which is not a problem. I have done
it before)

BTW, I use the MMX instructions in my image processing work. I got a 40%
speedup in my code.
For once, you can believe Intels hype.


Cheers
Roger Hardiman
Strathclyde Uni

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