On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 09:28:28PM -0400, Kenneth Culver wrote: > > Note that you'll need to have 'options CPU_ENABLE_SSE' in your kernel > > configuration file if you have a SSE-capable CPU, otherwise you'll get > > SIGILL from certain applications (e.g. ncurses) > > What if you don't want to do this though? Athlon XP processors support SSE > instructions, but not at the same time as 3dnow instructions. The > processor has to switch modes or something like that. What if a user wants > to actually use the 3dnow instructions? Does this mean that on an athlon > XP which supports SSE instructions, if you don't want to enable them > you'll catch SIGILL and die when using those "certain apps?" Just > wondering.
I will get an AMD authoritative answer to this question. Please wait a week before discussing the issue more. -- David To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
