From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 1 02:42:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA11774 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 02:42:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail13.digital.com (mail13.digital.com [192.208.46.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA11768 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 02:42:48 -0700 (PDT) From: garyj@frt.dec.com Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com (cssmuc.frt.dec.com [16.186.96.161]) by mail13.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.5/1.0/WV) with SMTP id FAA26827 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 05:36:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA15984; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 11:36:28 +0200 Message-Id: <9708010936.AA15984@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message from Doug White of Fri, 01 Aug 97 01:30:51 PDT. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: Will 2.2.2-R run on this hardware? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 01 Aug 97 11:36:28 +0200 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu writes: > On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Shaun Courtney wrote: > > and lastly > > (iii) Does FreeBSD support/intent to support the MMX extensions? > > I don't know if there are any MMX extensions that would actually _help_ > UNIX, to be honest. The increased Level1 cache is what helps most. > besides which the question should really be addressed to the gcc developers, not FreeBSD. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org