On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 10:58:03AM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include <hallo.h> > * Nikita V. Youshchenko [Sat, Nov 08 2003, 12:39:58PM]: > > Optimization is a serious issue too. Unlike most user space software, using > > 386 kernel on modern PC will cause serious performance loose. Especially if > > you consider mmx/sse/... and SMP issues. Note also that not all drivers are > > compatible with SMP, etc. > Except of SMP, how exactly does optimisation of the KERNEL CODE help you? > Your filesystem driver may become 2-3% faster, but the disk won't speed > up at all, haha. Don't you have to compile the kernel for a CPU with MMX support to be able to use MMX in userspace? I understood something like that from the mplayer docs recently, but I may have misunderstood... -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson 6th year CompSci/Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) Paul.Hampson@Anu.edu.au "No survivors? Then where do the stories come from I wonder?" -- Capt. Jack Sparrow, "Pirates of the Caribbean" This email is licensed to the recipient for non-commercial use, duplication and distribution. -----------------------------------------------------------
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