From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 2 13:04:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA08774 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 13:04:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (root@mexico.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA08760 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 13:04:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA09847 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 22:04:12 +0200 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.6.12) with UUCP id WAA10355 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 22:03:41 +0200 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.5/keltia-uucp-2.9) id WAA23830; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 22:01:48 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19970602220148.25691@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 22:01:48 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert To: "FreeBSD Hackers' list" Subject: New instructions in MMX processors (at least in the K6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.67 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#3332 AMD-K6 MMX @ 208 MHz Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Any thoughts about implementing/using the new SYSCALL/SYSRET instructions in the kernel ? (I know it is bad for portability but maybe good for speed). (yes, I'm browsing the very nice AMD-K6 documentation... :-) -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #17: Sat May 31 18:55:45 CEST 1997