Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Drake Wyrm <wyrm@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o, gentoo-dev@××××××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] mmxext flag
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:12:21
Message-Id: 20050321211217.GA28215@phaenix.haell.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] mmxext flag by David Holm
1 At 2005-03-21T09:19:53+0100, David Holm <dholm@g.o> wrote:
2 > Isn't mmxext the same as mmx2 btw?
3
4 Basically, yeah. "MMX2" is the trade name for the "mmxext" instruction
5 set. Or "mmxext" is the flag that indicates the presence of the "MMX2"
6 instruction set. However you want to look at it.
7
8 Either way, if you want an authoritative source as to which to use, I'd
9 suggest /proc/cpuinfo.
10
11 --
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14 --Ghost in the Shell