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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove ENABLE_SSE option from i386 and pc98
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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.

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