Re: [packaging] Needs advice on using ExclusiveArch or ExcludeArch

2016-08-08 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/08/16 04:05 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > The only impact it would have is on performance. But again, it is not > necessary nor desirable to disable runtime-detected support for vector > instructions. It is only a problem when they are used uncondi

Re: [packaging] Needs advice on using ExclusiveArch or ExcludeArch

2016-08-08 Thread Kevin Kofler
Luya Tshimbalanga wrote: > Igor mentioned it is possible to build embree without that instruction > which is beyond my current skills thus bringing more questions. It is possible to build Embree without SSE3 and beyond (including AVX), i.e., with only SSE2, but, as everything beyond SSE2 is runti

Re: [packaging] Needs advice on using ExclusiveArch or ExcludeArch

2016-08-08 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
On 07/08/16 02:02 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Luya Tshimbalanga wrote: >> I am currently packaging embree [0] which is required by recent release >> of LuxRender. The bad news is embree >> (https://embree.github.io/downloads.html) is only >> available for 64 bits architectures meaning all others i.e.

Re: [packaging] Needs advice on using ExclusiveArch or ExcludeArch

2016-08-07 Thread Kevin Kofler
Luya Tshimbalanga wrote: > I am currently packaging embree [0] which is required by recent release > of LuxRender. The bad news is embree > (https://embree.github.io/downloads.html) is only > available for 64 bits architectures meaning all others i.e. i686[1] and > armv7hl[2] will fail to build. >

Re: [packaging] Needs advice on using ExclusiveArch or ExcludeArch

2016-08-07 Thread Igor Gnatenko
I think it's still possible to compile it for 32bit by disabling AVX and AVX2. Though I'm not sure about guidelines for SSE2 and AVX*. On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 9:03 PM, Luya Tshimbalanga wrote: > I am currently packaging embree [0] which is required by recent release > of LuxRender. The bad news is

[packaging] Needs advice on using ExclusiveArch or ExcludeArch

2016-08-07 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
I am currently packaging embree [0] which is required by recent release of LuxRender. The bad news is embree (https://embree.github.io/downloads.html) is only available for 64 bits architectures meaning all others i.e. i686[1] and armv7hl[2] will fail to build. Either i have to use ExclusiveArch o