[openbeos] Re: app_server: MMX/SSE help wanted

Adi Oanca <adioanca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Now, I have another question(s):
>       If GCC 3, app_server, media_kit and translators will all use MMX, 
> how can we 
> be sure they won't collide with each other? MMX runs in parallel with 
> the CPU, but 
> which thread has access to MMX registers? The kernel also manages 
> this? How 
> can MMX be used, do we need a separate thread with MMX loops only?

As I already tried to explain, you don't have to worry about that 
stuff. A context switch will save those registers, too.

Bye,
   Axel.

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