RE: PATCH: (on Alpha) emulating missing instructions

Jones D (djones2@glam.ac.uk)
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:00:35 +0100


> So we have patched the linux kernel to emulate the
> instructions we needed.

Sort of related..

We already have FPU emulation in kernel, and there
exists a project to emulate MMX/3dnow!/EMMX instructions
at http://www-sop.inria.fr/prisme/personnel/pion/progs/mmx-emu/
Would there be any benefit if such a project were integrated
into the kernel? Other than allowing 386's to run MMX apps
without needing a recompile. :-)

regards,

Dave.

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