Re: Katmai/PIII support in Redhat kernels
Thomas E. Dodd /CSDC (ted@cypress.com)
Fri, 01 Oct 1999 13:29:17 -0500
"Stephen C. Tweedie" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:34:31 -0700, David Dunn <ddunn@transmeta.com>
> said:
>
> > I need to know if support for KNI has propagated into
> > supported kernels. In particular, Redhat kernels. I need
> > this on my workstation, but can't afford to get out on the
> > hairy edge where MIS won't support me.
>
> I think that a lot of Linux people have been experimenting with
> in-kernel speed optimisations, not just for KNI but for MMX checksum and
> fp-based bulk copy --- all sorts of speed hacks. However, ...
>
Anyone doing Athlon extensions?
Adding support similar to the SSE stuff
should be possible.
-Thomas
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