From: lucio@proxima.alt.za (Lucio De Re)
Subject: [9fans] self modifying code in intel vga bios?
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 17:27:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110308152734.GH4355@fangle.proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTiny360U3onUTbR-r19vJnGZ7ZS=MvRivvDwV3Pv@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 07:21:50AM -0800, Paul Lalonde wrote:
> The last time I poked at one of these self-modifying bits they were really
> just jitting a blit loop, in place. Drops register pressure a little bit,
> which has always been a bit of an issue in x86 land.
>
A bankrupt CPU architecture. I guess the day they all do it, it will
be decreed "the right way". In the meantime, I guess we can still
shop around.
++L
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-08 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-08 9:24 cinap_lenrek at gmx.de
2011-03-08 9:45 ` Lucio De Re
2011-03-08 15:03 ` ron minnich
2011-03-08 15:21 ` Paul Lalonde
2011-03-08 15:27 ` Lucio De Re [this message]
2011-03-08 15:52 ` erik quanstrom
2011-03-08 17:34 ` Lucio De Re
2011-03-08 19:53 ` Wes Kussmaul
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