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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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, 11. Feb 2003, at 10:57 +0100, Stijn Hoop wrote according to [Re: cvs commit: ports/multimedia/mplayer Makefile distinfo pkg-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 -- - "[...] I talked to the computer at great length and -- explained my view of the Universe to it" said Marvin. --- And what happened?" pressed Ford. ---- "It committed suicide." said Marvin. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE+SRE3jdSJKchZls0RAgtBAJ9GwIi/gDbAkA33LnjxQS0+xei12wCaA7+A yk31jw0btKZQcdrZt4VXL0s= =q+Br -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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