From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 16:10:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B38AD1065683 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:10:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2B238FC1D for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:10:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m76GA492045863 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:10:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m76GA4Q8045862; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:10:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:10:04 GMT Message-Id: <200808061610.m76GA4Q8045862@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: David Schultz Cc: Subject: Re: kern/126300: Add missing -mno-sse3 flag for AMD64 to /usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: David Schultz List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:10:04 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/126300; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Schultz To: Paul Wootton Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/126300: Add missing -mno-sse3 flag for AMD64 to /usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:03:01 -0400 On Wed, Aug 06, 2008, Paul Wootton wrote: > Added the missing -mno-sse3 flag to the amd64 section in the /usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk file [...] > .if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "amd64" > CFLAGS+= -mcmodel=kernel -mno-red-zone \ > - -mfpmath=387 -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -mno-mmx -mno-3dnow \ > + -mfpmath=387 -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -mno-sse3 -mno-mmx -mno-3dnow Just out of curiosity, why do you believe this is needed? I'm pretty sure -mno-sse implies -mno-sse3 automatically, and likewise for -mno-sse2. If this weren't the case, then all hell would break loose when the kernel started using xmm registers.