On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Matt Causey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Jan 4, 2010, at 10:03, "Kok, Auke" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Marcin Mendak wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm using a Mac but I have a PC on which I would like to install the
>>> Moblin
>>> but I can not.
>>> C2D E7400
>>> MSI P45 - NEO
>>> 6GB - RAM
>>> Nvidia Quadro 570
>>>
>>> What do I do
>>
>> Moblin will install fine on desktops and laptops that have intel CPU's
>> (core2duo's
>> ) and Intel GFX chipsets. Unfortunately it will not work on the gfx
>> chipset listed
>> above, but it does work on G45 or 965 graphics chips.
>
> Is there some documentation which describes the dependency on a particular
> CPU or instruction set?

The binaries are compiled to be optimised for SSE3.

> Also, with regards to the chipsets, is that just a situation where Moblin's
> kernel doesn't have the drivers for those enabled?  Could a motivated
> tinkerer just rebuild the kernel to add support (understanding that userland
> support might still be missing)?

Nope, you'd need to recompile the entire distribution so that the
binaries don't require the SSE3 CPU feature.

Peter
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