Re: MMX performance....
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 7 Feb 1997 00:14:43 +0000 (GMT)
> > It doesnt work with SMP last time I enquired. Otherwise yes, it would
> > be sensible to put it in as an option(it needs to be an option as some
> > boards even pentium ones are slower using it).
> Fair enough. But I seem to remember the patch also disabled its
> functionality if SMP were enabled...
Yes but it ought to work with SMP... its still on my list of things to
figure out.
> Which boards are slower? The old ones which only had 32 bit paths instead
> of 64?
And some newer boards where vendors have taken shortcuts or used cheap
non intel chipsets