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Date:      Tue, 11 Feb 2003 23:05:28 +0800
From:      "Thomas E. Zander" <riggs@rrr.de>
To:        Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>
Cc:        Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua>, Oliver Braun <obraun@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/multimedia/mplayer Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/multimedia/mplayer/files patch-ad
Message-ID:  <20030211150528.GC735@trillian.mugiri.au>
In-Reply-To: <20030211095745.GA17571@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
References:  <200302101928.h1AJS6Gs088748@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030210200115.GA832@nevermind.kiev.ua> <20030211013436.GB576@trillian.mugiri.au> <20030211095745.GA17571@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>

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On Tue, 11. Feb 2003, at 10:57 +0100, Stijn Hoop wrote
according to [Re: cvs commit: ports/multimedia/mplayer Makefile distinfo pk=
g-plist ports/multimedia/mplayer/files patch-ad]:

> I think this is a bad assumption. There should be a mechanism for mplayer
> to detect whether it can use SSE instructions without 'guessing' by
> checking the CPU type. As another poster asked, how do I know I can
> use the option? It's not exactly common knowledge that the kernel option
> might be needed.

I really wonder why SSE is the only instruction addition that has to be
expicitly enabled in the kernel config. 3dNow and athlon-dsp
instructions work without special kernel vars. So what is the big
difference for sse?

As you've already said, the kernel knows about the availability of SSE
in this sysctl var. So why this option ?

Regards,
Riggs

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- "[...] I talked to the computer at great length and
-- explained my view of the Universe to it" said Marvin.
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