Subject: Re: G4 & Linux
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Thu Nov 18 1999 - 17:25:09 MST
Its not that simple :)
We'd need to have altivec (velocity engine) in egcs and/or gcc.
Until then, we won't be seeing optimized applications..
Dan
> MooreIanM@exchange.uams.edu <MooreIanM@exchange.uams.edu> said:
> > Does linux running on a G4 utilize the 128bit velocity engine!!??!!
>
> I don't think there are any velocity binaries out there yet, but [in theory] it
> could be treated the same way pentium-specific binaries are treated. instead
> of rpm's named *.ppc.rpm we could use *.vppc.rpm or something.
>
> Who decides these things? Has a decision already been made? I prefer a
> simple prefix to ppc.rpm so that those who don't care if there is velocity
> support or not can simply search on 'ppc.rpm', while those who do care will
> specify the 'vppc.rpm'.
>
> Reid
>
Dan
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