From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 10 16:17:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA17006 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 16:17:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from atlantis.ping.at (a013.static.Vienna.AT.EU.net [193.154.186.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA16997 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 16:17:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hfwirth@ping.at) Received: from atlantis (localhost.ping.at [127.0.0.1]) by atlantis.ping.at (8.8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id BAA00232; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 01:17:07 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <343EB773.41C67EA6@ping.at> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 01:17:07 +0200 From: "Helmut F. Wirth" X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joerg Wunsch CC: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel MMX programming References: <343D7911@mail> <343DE63D.41C67EA6@zerberus.hai.siemens.co.at> <19971010212645.JR64544@uriah.heep.sax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk J Wunsch wrote: > > As Helmut Wirth wrote: > > > I submitted patches for the assembler and for the debugger gdb to > > support MMX instructions. The patches were submitted at the end of > > March 97 but nobody was interested. They are still sitting around in the > > GNATS database (gnu/3157, 97/03/31). > > We basically don't maintain the GNU stuff ourselves. Did you submit > the patches to the gas and gdb maintainers, too? That stands a way > better chance. (We actually maintain part of the stuff, but only > since GNU doesn't support a.out anymore.) > > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) Joerg, could you give me a hint how to submit to the GNU maintainers ? I have no idea how to do this, but it would be the best way. On the other hand it could be useful to install my changes until the changes to gdb ans gas take place and we incorporate them into current. Thanks Helmut -- Helmut F. Wirth Email: hfwirth@ping.at