I not sure but :
isn't it the process of clearing the registers (cos MMX and FPU
use the sam ones) and clearing the pipeline that takes these cycles ?
And surely this would be done anyway during task switching so
the only extra overhead is if you mix types within one task.
Probably wrong,
J
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