On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 11:06:28PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Llu, 2003-04-14 at 23:27, Dave Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 12:21:10AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > If my patch is wrong and this is a RTFM please give me a hint where to
> > > find the "M".
> > >
> > > The AMD K6-II and K6-III do support 3DNow!
> >
> > The 3dnow memory copies aren't a win on anything
> > earlier than an Athlon iirc.
>
> Under 1% on a K6. The processor is so horribly memory bound the
> actual copy function is borderline irrelevant. If its not in the
> K6-III cache its not arriving in a hurry
Ah thanks, this is the information I didn't know.
cu
Adrian
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