HardwarePhoronixabout 2 hours ago
Linux Kernel Removes Last MMX Code
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Eric Biggers of Google prepares a patch to remove the last MMX optimized code from the Linux kernel software RAID xor code. This action targets 25-year old 32-bit CPUs lacking SSE support, affecting only systems with RAID arrays. The removal is expected to occur with the upcoming Linux 7.5 release, leaving older hardware to fall back to scalar code paths.
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