> >> Because not all i686'es support SSE.
> >
> >So detect it automatically based on the CPU feature bits.
> >
> >Needing a kernel compile option for this is unforgivably lame. If you
> >want to be able to disable it, use a tunable.
>
> Perhaps; the "gist" I get is that the compile option is for
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 02:51:00PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
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> > On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 04:20:35PM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
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> > > Assuming CPU_ENABLE_SSE is a Good Thing, why
>To: Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Re: New kernel option CPU_ENABLE_SSE
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> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 04:20:35PM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
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> > Assuming CPU_ENABLE_SSE is a Good Thing, why not make it
> > "default" with the "cpu I686_CPU" kernel config directive
>
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 03:03:45PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 06:00:40PM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
> > Ok, so how can I tell if a given CPU supports that feature?
> >
> > I see a "feature list" in the kernel startup, and in the
> > case of a Pentium-III, SSE is at
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 04:20:35PM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
> Assuming CPU_ENABLE_SSE is a Good Thing, why not make it
> "default" with the "cpu I686_CPU" kernel config directive
> (similar to F00F_HACK auto-include with I586_CPU)?
Because not all i686'es support SSE.
Kris
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Hello -stable:
A new kernel config option CPU_ENABLE_SSE has appeared. :)
>From recent cvsup of 15 August:
Edit src/sys/i386/conf/LINT
Add delta 1.749.2.77 2001.08.15.01.23.49 peter
So far I can't find any documentation about this feature
besides the brief comment in LINT, the release-note
