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Subject: Re: IBM/Cyrix PR200+
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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 * > My too -- however, i suppose that Pentium-oriented copy/zero block
 * > procedures don't work.
 * 
 * Oh they do but much slower then the regular ones.
 * 
 * Always use "flags 0x7" for npx0 in your config. file for both Cyrix and
 * AMD's processors.

Speaking of which, can anyone with an *MX processor check the gus mmx
extension PR (filed under "gnu", I think) and try and see if copying
through the mmx registers instead of FP would be faster for some of
the CPU's?

Satoshi