CONFIG_ALTIVEC=y

Holger Bettag hobold at Informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE
Thu May 25 02:39:31 EST 2000


Nicholas Coult <coult at ima.umn.edu> writes:

>
> When a kernel is compiled with CONFIG_ALTIVEC=y, I assume this
> means that the kernel is aware of the Altivec registers, and keeps
> track of their contents during context switches?  And that code
> which uses Altivec instructions/registers will run properly with such
> a kernel?
>
Yes.

  Holger

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