On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:04:08 -0600
Ryan Hill <dirtye...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Arg, no. Please just print the warning if the host doesn't do SSE2.
> There's no reason to have a USE flag here (and _really_ no reason to
> make it fatal)
I entirely agree there. :)
> , especially for an instruction set that every system has supported
> for over a decade.
Er, some of my teenage systems run desktops just fine here, thanks. And
one of them is just nine years old right now but still doesn't support
SSE2 (merely SSE[1]).
Regards,
jer
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Athlon_XP#Barton_and_Thorton - see
[2] right above that for the actual specs.
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Athlon_XP#Thoroughbred_.28T-Bred.29
