At the time that the code was written it also happened to be what the Linux kernel was returning for the same instruction set in the CPU features area of /proc/cpuinfo.
We should update it if the Linux kernel has changed. My goal was to be consistent across platforms. ----- Rom -----Original Message----- From: boinc_dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jorden van der Elst Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 1:32 PM To: Robert Kreß Cc: BOINC Dev Mailing List Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] SSE3 detection (Radim Van?o) On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Robert Kreß <[email protected]> wrote: > Well Boinc is detecting SSE3 if it’s present and usable – but one > called it “pni” instead of SSE3 !?! Not 'one' called it that, but Intel themselves. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE3 "SSE3, Streaming SIMD Extensions 3, also known by its Intel code name Prescott New Instructions (PNI)" -- Jord van der Elst. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
