Making the most of MVI

["Charles L. Chandler" <cchandle x2356 resnet cornell edu>]

Several people have mentioned the Motion Video Instructions (MVI) that have 
been
added to recent versions of Alpha uPs, usually asking if anyone has employed 
them
in some sort of beneficial way, like for video or audio codecs.  However, no 
one ever
seems to respond saying that they are actually being used.  So, I searched 
around
and found a fairly comprehensive list of resources just waiting to be used.  
Since the
document was by no means particularly easy to find, I put it on my web page 
and updated
some of the obsolete links; you can reach it at: http://www.people.cornell.edu/
pages/clc31/pc164/MVI-full.html

I would like to see an effort to use these instructions, especially since they 
are so
highly touted by marketing campaigns for the 21164PC and 21264.  This 
definitely
seems like the kind of thing that we all could benefit from: maybe by setting 
up some sort
of group of people interested in developing GPL software to take advantage of 
MVI.

Your thoughts on this issue are, of course, welcome!

Sincerely,
-Charles Chandler