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Drake Wyrm <wyrm <at> haell.com> writes: |
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> At 2005-03-21T09:19:53+0100, David Holm <dholm <at> gentoo.org> wrote: |
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> > Isn't mmxext the same as mmx2 btw? |
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> Basically, yeah. "MMX2" is the trade name for the "mmxext" instruction |
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> set. Or "mmxext" is the flag that indicates the presence of the "MMX2" |
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> instruction set. However you want to look at it. |
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> Either way, if you want an authoritative source as to which to use, I'd |
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> suggest /proc/cpuinfo. |
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MMX2 is supported by Pentium 3 Katmai and Coppermine processors. MMXEXT is |
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supported by Athlon processors. As far as I can tell they're two very different |
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things. I'm confused. |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-310794-highlight-mmxext.html |
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