On Mon, 9 Mar 2020 at 22:28, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > (LinuxCNC fails to compile with -mno-sse, it has to be -mno-sse2)
Which is itself interesting, A friend (who works for the Linux foundation) found me the following: " https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/475956/why-can-the-kernel-not-use-sse-avx-registers-and-instructions which links to: https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/kernel_fp.html which is Linus so on that subject, fairly authoritative. Also https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=h0lltXyJ8aIC&pg=PT127&lpg=PT127&dq=kernel+mmx+registers&source=bl&ots=gP7oNW7cHW&sig=ACfU3U2avtCPEbXPsBykozpX1L4R4ptVRQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjK2--y04_oAhWZi1wKHV3uAf0Q6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=kernel%20mmx%20registers&f=false " -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
