Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 12:25:01 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM/Cyrix PR200+ Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970912122501.009588b0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <88256510.00608242.00@IWNS2.infoworld.com>
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If the FPU attempts to normalize or convert the number, or otherwise do something with the remaining 16 bits of the 80-bit internal register, it might be slower. I've wondered about this but haven't tested yet. --Brett Glass At 07:58 AM 9/12/97 +0200, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr wrote: >I don't expect it to be faster with the MMX registers because they're >shared with the FPU ones... (like the Intel MMX registers). I've not made >any test though. >-- >Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- >roberto@keltia.freenix.fr >FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #31: Sat Sep 6 21:58:17 CEST 1997 > > > >
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