From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 8 00:03:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA17929 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 00:03:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [209.133.7.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA17924 for ; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 00:03:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA08929; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 00:03:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199802080803.AAA08929@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 To: Damon Permezel cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MMX, pentium, etc In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 07 Feb 1998 23:03:31 CST." <199802080503.XAA10438@damon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 00:03:25 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Try surfing around the Intel Web site : "This manual describes the instruction set and the opcode structure, including the new Intel MMX(TM) technology instruction set, for Intel Architecture ..." http://developer.intel.com/design/mmx/manuals/243191.htm Look around their ftp site for other stuff related to what you want to do. Most likely for low end processors the mmx instruction set is used for scaling and yuv to rgb conversion . The manual is in acrobat format and you will need the linux version of acroread if you want to read the doc. If you have any problems locating acroread e-mail me. Happy downloading 8) Amancio To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe hackers" in the body of the message