At least on the Linux 3.8 VM I have immediate access to, it is still referred by PNI, not SSE3. Whether that should fully determine how it's called, I'm not sure. It's proper name, and the one that most people know it by, is properly SSE3.
Michael Tughan On 2013-08-08, at 1:40 PM, Eric J Korpela <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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.
