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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:39:46 -1000
From: Tim Newsham <newsham@lava.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] grid computing -- high performance?
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> We have versions of 8a and 8l which have MMX/SSE support but they are
> not installed because there is probably a compatibility issue with old
> object files.

For MMX, the p9 kernel doesnt need to do anything special, but the kernel
has to enable SSE and provide storage for the extra registers during
context switches, doesn't it?  Is this in the kernel?

> --jim

Tim N.