Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:40:51 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Thomas Krause -CI- <freebsd-amd64@chef-ingenieur.de> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -mno-mmx -mno-3dnow when compiling kernel Message-ID: <20050213184051.GA41566@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <420F9CA1.4040207@chef-ingenieur.de> References: <420F9CA1.4040207@chef-ingenieur.de>
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On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 07:29:53PM +0100, Thomas Krause -CI- wrote: > Hello, > why are the Switches "-mno-sse -mno-sse2 -mno-mmx -mno-3dnow" are set > when compiling an amd64 kernel? I think, the CPU supports all thease > features. > AFAIK, floating point is not permitted in the kernel. Why would you need to use sse, sse2, mmx, or 3dnow? -- Steve
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