Dave Yeo wrote:
>on other OSes:
> --enable-sse:
> add -msse2 to the compiler switches
> test SSE OS support (why?)
>It's a bit contradictory: why test whether *BSD etc support SSE or not
>but at the same time allow compiler to use SSE/SSE2 unconditionally?
Yes, that needs to be fixed. I think the way it works on Linux makes
the most sense.
Doesn't SSE support imply SSE2+ support?
There's no point to test OS SSE support if a compiler already
inserted SSE/SSE2 instructions everywhere (because of -msse2 switch).
The problem is that the OS has
to preserve the XMMS registers when doing a context switch. Once the
kernel is preserving the XMMS registers, I'd assume that all SSEx
instructions should work.
If the OS doesn't support SSE instructions but -msse2 option was used
then libFLAC will crash: it cannot disable the use of SSE/SSE2
instructions that were generated by the compiler.
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