On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 17:17 +0100, Joerg Maier wrote: > Hi, > > you cannot use SIMD registers in kernel as far as i know. The kernel does > not save these registers when changing userspace/kernel mode (i think for > performance reason) so these registers have to stay untouched when you are > in kernel mode.
ahhh ... I assumed he was doing userland... if he's doing kernel, he can still but in a very limited context, like the RAID6 does, though I wouldn't recommend it unless there is a very very very good reason to do so. Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
