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Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 22:16:07 -0400
From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@nc.rr.com>
To: wc.bulte@chello.nl
Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: 3DNow! binutils & Mesa for -STABLE
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Wilko Bulte:
 |
 |Do thinks like fxtv use 3dnow to their advantage (I guess not)? But I assume
 |the various mpeg* things might?

No fxtv doesn't, and I think you're right.  As I recall MMX adds SIMD
integer ops which is where the boost would be for things like pixel
repacking.  3DNow's primary add was parallel floating/fixed point I believe.

Rather than reinvent the wheel, I'll likely stack fxtv on the hermes port
one of these days if there isn't a big turn-out for an alternative video
API.

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Randall Hopper
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