I don't believe the Linux kernel has changed.

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Rom Walton <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
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