Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 08:44:45 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove ENABLE_SSE option from i386 and pc98 Message-ID: <200507010844.46187.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050701111103.GA48039@frontfree.net> References: <20050701111103.GA48039@frontfree.net>
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[ re@ dropped from cc, they get enough e-mails during a release cycle as it is ] On Friday 01 July 2005 07:11 am, Xin LI wrote: > Hi, > > Here is a patch for review, which removes ENABLE_SSE from i386 and > pc98 platforms. I think we should have it before we branch RELENG_6. > > The reason why the option should be removed: > > - ENABLE_SSE was turned on by default 2 years and 9 months > ago, for I686_CPU. It makes few sense to "enable" something > that is already enabled (No I586_CPUs supports SSE so far > as I am aware) > - We have DISABLE_SSE to disable SSE, having both ENABLE_SSE > and DISABLE_SSE is quite confusing, since DISABLE_SSE > always overrides ENABLE_SSE. > > Cheers, Kill it dead. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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