CONFIG_ALTIVEC=y
Giuliano Pochini
pochini at shiny.it
Thu May 25 02:59:52 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
Does it take care of VRSAVE or it saves all VRs every context switch ?
Bye.
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