On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 02:51:00PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
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> > On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 04:20:35PM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
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> > > Assuming CPU_ENABLE_SSE is a Good Thing, why not make it
> > > "default" with the "cpu I686_CPU" kernel config directive
> > > (similar to F00F_HACK auto-include with I586_CPU)?
> >
> > Because not all i686'es support SSE.
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> So detect it automatically based on the CPU feature bits.
>
> Needing a kernel compile option for this is unforgivably lame. If you
> want to be able to disable it, use a tunable.
No arguments there..
Kris
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