question about altivec registers

Claude Robitaille crobitaille at videotron.ca
Tue Oct 26 08:27:32 EST 1999


There is a flag for that purpose. You should look into the Altivec
environment on Motorola's Web site, or at www.altivec.org

Claude


On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Jim Terman wrote:

> 
> 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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