Hi,

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Ronald S. Bultje <rsbul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Daniel Kang <daniel.d.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Diego Biurrun <di...@biurrun.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 05:12:23PM -0700, Daniel Kang wrote:
>>> > From: Daniel Kang <daniel.d.k...@gmail.com>
>>> >
>>> > The only CPUs that have 3dnow and don't have mmxext are 12 years old.
>>> > ---
>>> >  libavcodec/x86/dsputil_mmx.c   |    9 ---------
>>> >  libavcodec/x86/h264_qpel_mmx.c |    4 ----
>>> >  2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> What sort of maintenance burden does this relieve us from?
>>> I'm writing this mail on a system fitting the description
>>> you mention, my trusty old K6-III.
>>
>>
> [..]
>> 4. You can probably decode 260p H.264 with a K6-III. Who seriously would use
>> this?
>
> This really is the killer. Is there any sort of reasonable expectation
> that a k6-3 can get useful work done when it comes to H264 decoding? I
> wouldn't even mind dropping all MMX optimizations (where MMX2 - i.e.
> SSE - or higher exists) altogether, i.e. going the H264 way

.. x264 way. :).

Ronald
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