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Date:      Fri, 5 May 2017 09:30:39 -0700
From:      Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net>
To:        bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RPI2, www/firefox, error: "NEON support not enabled"
Message-ID:  <962F9C0D-C7C8-4940-A381-B3097FD2A138@dsl-only.net>
In-Reply-To: <20170505151339.GA51255@www.zefox.net>
References:  <20170505151339.GA51255@www.zefox.net>

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On 2017-May-5, at 8:13 AM, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:

> In trying to compile www/firefox on RPI2 running -current the build =
now stops
> with
>=20
> error: "NEON support not enabled"
>=20
> The port at www/neon is compiled and installed.

Wrong neon.

> Thanks for reading, any guidance appreciated.


https://developer.arm.com/technologies/neon says:

ARM NEON technology is an advanced SIMD (single instruction multiple =
data)
architecture extension for the ARM Cortex-A series and Cortex-R52 =
processors.
NEON technology was introduced to the ARMv7-A and ARMv7-R profiles. It =
is
also now an extension to the ARMv8-A and ARMv8-R profiles.


So here NEON is a subset of the instruction set.
Its purpose is (again quoting that page):


NEON technology is intended to improve the multimedia user experience by
accelerating audio and video encoding/decoding, user interface, 2D/3D
graphics or gaming. NEON can also accelerate signal processing =
algorithms
and functions to speed up applications such as audio and video =
processing,
voice and facial recognition, computer vision and deep learning.

=3D=3D=3D
Mark Millard
markmi at dsl-only.net




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