PNI includes more than SSE related instructions. That's probably why it's referred to as PNI rather than SSE3
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Michael Tughan < [email protected]> wrote: > 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.
