Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:20:11 -0500 From: Michael Joyner <mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx> To: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, Olaf Erb <olaf@erb.nu> Subject: Re: vmware2 and simd problem Message-ID: <1038590411.3de7a1cbc2e33@imp.hq.dyns.cx> In-Reply-To: <20021129164707.GA93899@nevermind.kiev.ua> References: <20021129111925.A74886@erb.nu> <1038586804.3de793b42a721@imp.hq.dyns.cx> <20021129164707.GA93899@nevermind.kiev.ua>
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erm i use SSE instructions in both mencoder/mplayer and transcoder for their SPEED improvements when converting audio/visual files into vcd format. i do *not* want to disable SSE Quoting Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua>: > Hello, Michael Joyner! > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:20:04AM -0500, you wrote: > > > but i use SSE instructions (transcode & mencoder/mplayer)! > > mplayer uses runtime CPU detection mechanism. It will detect that your > CPU doesn't have SSE enabled. > > > > I searched the freebsd mailing list archives because I had the same > > > problem with my athlon machine.. no more win2k nor newer linux under > > > vmware2.. > > > > > > Well.. till last night :) I rebooted, looked into the system BIOS > > > of the Epox 8k3a (XP 2000) and - there was it: option 'enable SSE' > > > I turned it off and voila - win2k works again, no more bluescreens. > > > > > > Be sure not to turn on CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK in your kernel config file > > > (overrides > > > BIOS config). Disabling CPU_ENABLE_SSE didn't help, I tried this months > > > before, btw. > > > > > > I'm not subscribed to -emulation, it would be nice if you forward this > > > solution to the list. I don't know if it works with other athlon boards. > > -- > NEVE-RIPE, will build world for food > Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group > http://uafug.org.ua/ > -- FreeBSD System Administrator http://manhattan.hq.dyns.cx/ ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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