[LinuxBIOS] SSE 128 bits in C7

[Urbez Santana Roma]

Thanks, Corey, you have open my eyes :)))

The problem is not the bit 10 (OSXMMEXCPT) in CR4.
i have found more information, searching this word in Google
and have found that in some CPU's must be enabled the bit
9 (OSFXSR) with that SSE and xmm registers work, and not
makes the exception, that afects me.

I have write a 1 in this bit, and SSE works fine.
This /proc/cpuinfo is obtained with factory BIOS. It
writes a bugous CPU speed.

I ask us, if one are interessed in one tool that i have make
that makes possible compile C code, with GCC, and eliminate
the use of the Stack, and use the registers of MMX or XMM if
have it. It is transparent, and only have the limitations of
the virtual stack that are small, 128 bytes with XMM or 64 
with MMX. Your C code must not use more stack.

I have compiled complex programs, for test the CPU and the
RAM init, through rs232, and it works :) with the tool. The pay 
are that programs work a slowly. I have writen it for make tools 
for test CPU's and Mainboards without continuously writen the EPROM,
and romcc cannot compile the code or the code compiled not works with
these codes.

Sorry all, with my ugly english.

El sáb, 29-12-2007 a las 05:56 -0500, Corey Osgood escribió:
> Urbez Santana Roma wrote:
> > Thanks for answer Rudolf, the CPU can SSE and SSE2, when runs with
> > normal BIOS the instruction "movd %eax,%xmm0" works in, but if the
> > linuxbios need working with sse and sse2 with a microKernel for
> > example, this instruction produces a exception.
> >
> > My contents of the /proc/cpuinfo says: 
> >
> > processor       : 0
> > vendor_id       : CentaurHauls
> > cpu family      : 6
> > model           : 10
> > model name      : VIA Esther processor 1000MHz
> > stepping        : 9
> > cpu MHz         : 65535.000
> >   
> 
> Huh? This is in LB or factory bios?
> 
> > cache size      : 128 KB
> > fdiv_bug        : no
> > hlt_bug         : no
> > f00f_bug        : no
> > coma_bug        : no
> > fpu             : yes
> > fpu_exception   : yes
> > cpuid level     : 1
> > wp              : yes
> > flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce sep mtrr pge cmov pat
> > clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm up pni est tm2 rng rng_en ace ace_en
> > ace2 ace2_en phe phe_en pmm pmm_en
> > bogomips        : 1598.31
> > clflush size    : 64
> >
> > The problem is that the BIOS must enable XMM registers or the flags from
> > CR4? if not 
> > only works MMX registers with SSE and SSE2 integer addons.
> >
> > And i not known what must this CPU for enable it, or all CPU's.
> >
> > Lots of thanks if one can help me!.
> >   
> 
> Hmm, I'm looking at the datasheet right now, and there doesn't seem to
> be any MMX control in the CR4 register, however bit 10 is this:
> OSXMMEXCPT: OS Unmasked exception support
> 
> and it can be set to 1 to enable. This is the only mention of XMM in the
> entire datasheet.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Corey
> 
> > El vie, 28-12-2007 a las 21:24 +0100, Rudolf Marek escribió:
> >   
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> You need to have CPU of model 9.
> >>
> >> What cat /proc/cpuinfo says?
> >>
> >> (or apt-get install cpuid; cpuid )
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Rudolf
> >>