Any useful content really should get added to the cvs docs tree. --Josh
At 11:03 on 03/01/2002 EST, Drew Northup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The answer to this question is best found in Kevin Lawton's old postings > to the mailinglist. Go to www.plex86.org and look for the stuff about > the mailinglist archives. > > Roy Souther wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I am curious about the way instruction emulation happens in the virtual > > system and way that it could be faster. > > > > Is each instruction translated and emulated one at a time? This would be th e > > easiest for the developers. My idea is that if the software was to keep a > > list of the most commonly emulated sequences and when one of these common > > sequences of instructions is called rather then emulate them one at a time > > the system would recall the emulation that was previously translated. This > > would use more memory but I think it could drasticly increase the speed of > > the emulation because of the constant amount of calls that M$ OS's repeated ly > > make to the same instructions. > > > > Having no knowledge of how the software currently works, I could be totally > > wrong here. I would like to know a little more about it and if my idea has > > merit. > > > > - -- > > Roy Souther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > www.SiliconTao.com > > > > Linux, overcomming barriers, removing walls of confinement > > and smashing windows. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAjx/pCYACgkQCbnxcmEBt43O8ACgu09L7GSKXZVHql4BE04bO9in > > D3AAn3eQVhgP8eA1k68zEi6oi1ceivRk > > =4AQM > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > |^^^ | | |^^| |^^^ Drew Northup, N1XIM |^^| | |^^^ \ / /^^\ /^^~ > |__ | | | | | |__| | |___ \/ |__| |__ > | | | | | | www.plex86.org | | | /\ | | | \ > ___| |__| |__| |___ web.syr.edu/~suoc/ | |___ |___ / \ \__/ \__/ >
