Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 17:00:35 -0600 From: Paul <tribble@tribble.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New kernel option CPU_ENABLE_SSE Message-ID: <20010816170035.A45250@tribble.net> In-Reply-To: <20010816150345.A79841@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 03:03:45PM -0700 References: <200108162020.QAA14274@world.std.com> <200108162200.SAA21031@world.std.com> <20010816150345.A79841@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Once upon a time, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> scribed: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 06:00:40PM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote: > > Am I correct in assuming that "older generation" 686 CPUs > > (i.e. pre-Pentium-III) don't support SSE & that SSE is a > > function/enhancement of "newer generation" CPUs? > > Yes. I think it came in with the Pentium III. Correct. Pentium III supports SSE, as well do the newer Celeron chips which are essentially PIIIs with less L2 cache. That's my understanding, anyhow. Don't know anything about SSE2. Considering how worthless PIVs are, really, does it matter? :P > Kris Regards, Paul <tribble@tribble.net> http://www.tribble.net/ Bush - not popularly elected, making unpopular decisions against the will of the people. If you're not outraged, I guess you aren't paying attention. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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