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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:57:00 +0200 From: Stephane Marchesin Subject: Re: [SDL] [patch] MMX alpha blit patches with MMX detection I think everything is correct now. I've done as much testing as I could, but some real-world testing wouldn't hurt, I think. The patch is here : http://icps.u-strasbg.fr/~marchesin/sdl_mmxblit.patch If you do byte-by-byte comparison of the output between C and MMX functions, you'll notice that the results for 555 and 565 RGB alpha blits aren't exactly the same. This is because MMX functions for 555 and 565 RGB have an higher accuracy. If you want the exact same behaviour that's possible by masking the three lower alpha bits in the MMX functions. Just ask ! I removed one MMX function because after I fixed it to match its C equivalent, it revealed to be slower than the C version on a PIII (although a bit faster on an Athlon XP). I've also added MMX and PIII replacements for SDL_memcpy. Those provide some speed up in testvidinfo -benchmark (at least for me, under linux & X11).
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11 This is the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a general API that provides low
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12 level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL,
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13 and 2D framebuffer across multiple platforms.
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15 SDL is written in C, but works with C++ natively, and has bindings to
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16 several other languages, including Ada, C#, Eiffel, Java, Lua, ML,
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19 The current version supports Linux, Windows, BeOS, MacOS, MacOS X,
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20 FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, Solaris, and IRIX. The code contains support
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21 for Windows CE, AmigaOS, Dreamcast, Atari, QNX, NetBSD, AIX, OSF/Tru64,
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24 This library is distributed under GNU LGPL version 2, which can be
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25 found in the file "COPYING". This license allows you to use SDL
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26 freely in commercial programs as long as you link with the dynamic
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29 The best way to learn how to use SDL is to check out the header files in
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31 The header files and test programs are well commented and always up to date.
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32 More documentation is available in HTML format in "./docs/index.html"
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34 The test programs in the "test" subdirectory are in the public domain.
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36 Frequently asked questions are answered online:
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39 If you need help with the library, or just want to discuss SDL related
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