>> What would *really* help get the above project (In Kernel >> XMM context) going is if we knew the need for this and had >> examples of algorithms that will use this feature. IIRC >> ZFS compression/encryption, crypto, and a sound driver would >> like to use XMM register context in kernel. We do not want >> to write these algorithms using SSE, but would like to enable >> others to. We are hoping to receive SSE2/SSE3 code examples >> from Intel or the open source community. Our initial >> request from Intel did not get far.
Project Evil (running Windows network drivers under Solaris) also needs this I believe... --S
