Yes, that seems right. Question to the gurus:
Is it possible to make a process run as a "sandbox" to child TSSes? Meaning,
could you create a process in which it ran in a ring that was identical to
the children TSSes? This way you could appropriate the "expensive" stuff to
a process (IO mask maintenance and other system stuff) and make lightweight
subprocesses.
Also, did anyone catch that remark about the non-inherited IO perms for clone()d
threads? Also, are there any plans in the near future to implement MMX extensions
in the Linux kernel for bulk copies and such?
I'm far from being an Intel Biggot, unfortunately the
price/performance/compatibility/availability is better than the
AMD alternative. FWIW, I ran an AMD processor for > 4 years, I reluctantly chose
an MMX, it was the performance results + bigger cache that convinced me. I
tried to find a simple breakdown on what MMX *really* offers, but intel's PDF are
so stodgey, it's hard. I wanted something between their marketing hype and an
opcode list...what exactly *does* each of the '57 new instructions' do? I heard
that a new 64bit bulk copy was available (memcpy on speed???).
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> Dave Wragg
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--Perry
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