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From: Ryan Hill <deemkay@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××××.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: mmxext flag
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:12:49
Message-Id: loom.20050321T221441-529@post.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] mmxext flag by Drake Wyrm
1 Drake Wyrm <wyrm <at> haell.com> writes:
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4 > At 2005-03-21T09:19:53+0100, David Holm <dholm <at> gentoo.org> wrote:
5 > > Isn't mmxext the same as mmx2 btw?
6 >
7 > Basically, yeah. "MMX2" is the trade name for the "mmxext" instruction
8 > set. Or "mmxext" is the flag that indicates the presence of the "MMX2"
9 > instruction set. However you want to look at it.
10 >
11 > Either way, if you want an authoritative source as to which to use, I'd
12 > suggest /proc/cpuinfo.
13 >
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15 MMX2 is supported by Pentium 3 Katmai and Coppermine processors. MMXEXT is
16 supported by Athlon processors. As far as I can tell they're two very different
17 things. I'm confused.
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19 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-310794-highlight-mmxext.html
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: mmxext flag Drake Wyrm <wyrm@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: mmxext flag Drake Wyrm <wyrm@×××××.com>