From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <3785DD1F.B853E731@ssl.co.uk> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 12:29:35 +0100 From: Sacha Varma Mime-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: altivec Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Some questions about altivec & LinuxPPC: 1. is there a free C compiler supporting altivec instructions for linuxPPC? 2. would it be possible to trap altivec instructions on a non-altivec processor and reroute them through code using generic instructions? (I believe this is how Apple's MacOS altivec simulator does it). Presumably there is a bad instruction interrupt or something and code in the kernel to trap these interrupts? (Excuse my naivety; I'm more of a kernel user than hacker - for now!) 3. has anyone written a C library to simulate the altivec instructions? -- sacha varma : system simulation ltd : sacha@ssl.co.uk [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]