> > Andrew Pinski wrote: > >> In http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.3/changes.html appears > >> > >> "Support for SSSE3 built-in functions and code generation are available > >> via |-mssse3|." > >> > >> Is it SSE3 (i686 SIMD) or SSSE3 (strange, unknown)? > >> Is it -mssse3 or -msse3? > > > > -mssse3 is S-SSE3 which was added for code dual 2. > > Yes the option is weird but that is what Intel wantted it to be called. > > I don't want to start another fight with their stupid marketing guys > > again like what happened with pentium4. > > Is the hyphen in "S-SSE3" the correct spelling, then? If so, the text > of the announcement should probably be edited....
No, I just added it so you could see there was an extra S there. Again this is what Intel gets for naming things too close to one another. -- Pinski
