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On 04/26/12 at 06:00PM +0200, Jeroen Roovers wrote: |
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> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:04:08 -0600 |
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> Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Arg, no. Please just print the warning if the host doesn't do SSE2. |
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> > There's no reason to have a USE flag here (and _really_ no reason to |
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> > make it fatal) |
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> I entirely agree there. :) |
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I haven't followed the prev. conversation but what's wrong with a USE flag for |
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SSE2? We already have SSE2 flags, even global.. |
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> > , especially for an instruction set that every system has supported |
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> > for over a decade. |
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> Er, some of my teenage systems run desktops just fine here, thanks. And |
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> one of them is just nine years old right now but still doesn't support |
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> SSE2 (merely SSE[1]). |
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> Regards, |
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> jer |
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> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Athlon_XP#Barton_and_Thorton - see |
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> [2] right above that for the actual specs. |
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> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Athlon_XP#Thoroughbred_.28T-Bred.29 |
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Regards, |
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Christian Ruppert |
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Gentoo Linux developer, Bugzilla administrator and Infrastructure member |
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