> > If not, is anybody working on K6 optimization? Or is it even an issue
> > in the kernel?
>
> There is some optimization, i think, but it's mostly for instruction
> alignment which is the same as for normal pentiums (correct me if i'm wrong,
> anyone.) As for 3DNow! support or optimization, it's not much of a kernel
> issue, i believe, because of the nature of the new opcodes.
>
Well, as soon as I finish my intermediate C tutorial (why don't they
teach C in CIS anymore?? Bah, VB and VC++ are the name of the game now.
COBOL was pretty interesting, though...), I'll look into it some
myself. I used the linux-3dnow makefile when I compiled mpg123 .59q,
but haven't really seen anything else that (claims to) take advantage of
it. Perhaps soon I can contribute more than comments and complaints.
Unless anyone wants help writing portions of the kernel in COBOL? or IBM
mainframe assembly? No? oh, well, back to the tutorial...
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