In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> fast_clear_page() uses mmx instructions for clearing a page, what about
> using sse instructions?
> sse instructions can store 128 bit in one instruction, mmx only 64 bit.
the sse FP registers might be lossy. On my athlon, the in-kernel mmx
functions are memory-bound (eg > 1 Gbyte/sec throughput)
Userspace program for the athlon code:
http://www.fenrus.demon.nl/athlon.c
Greetings,
Arjan van de Ven
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