question about altivec registers

Jim Terman terman at ddi.com
Tue Oct 26 06:51:02 EST 1999


I have a question about using the altivec registers on a G4 Macintosh
running linuxppc.  Will there be any conflicts.  I don't expect any
kernal support, but can I be confident that the kernal will not touch
any of the altivec registers.  Any info will be greatly appreciated.

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