i386 MMX/SSE support part 1: adding the registers

[Bernd Schmidt]

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Brad Lucier wrote:

> Just a general question about these patches:  I have both a PII and a
> Celeron; don't these both support MMX instructions?  I don't know what
> SSE instructions are, but I don't think you need a PIII to have MMX.
> 
> So, shouldn't these capabilities be more precisely defined?

Yes, this is what Richard asked for.

Bernd