From my early 2008 Mac Pro running OS 10.7.5 Lion: > Thu Aug 8 02:02:47 2013 | | Starting BOINC client version 7.2.5 for > x86_64-apple-darwin > Thu Aug 8 02:02:47 2013 | | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU > E5462 @ 2.80GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6] > Thu Aug 8 02:02:47 2013 | | Processor features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE > MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 > SS HTT TM PBE SSE3 DTES64 MON DSCPL VMX EST TM2 SSSE3 CX16 TPR PDCM SSE4.1 > Thu Aug 8 02:02:47 2013 | | OS: Mac OS X 10.7.4 (Darwin 11.4.2)
Note the "SSSE3" (triple S) but no "PNI". Cheers, --Charlie On Aug 8, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Richard Haselgrove wrote: > We ought to check what the OS X client currently returns. > > There was a report in last year's discussion > http://lhcathomeclassic.cern.ch/sixtrack/forum_thread.php?id=3457&postid=24240 > > "Just to drow in some info from a Mac mini Mid 2010: > > Tue 10 Jul 23:00:11 2012 | | Starting BOINC client version 6.12.43 for > x86_64-apple-darwin > Tue 10 Jul 23:00:11 2012 | | Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo > CPU P8800 @ 2.66GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10] > Tue 10 Jul 23:00:11 2012 | | Processor features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE > MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 > SS HTT TM PBE SSE3 DTES64 MON DSCPL VMX SMX EST TM2 SSSE3 CX16 TPR PDCM > SSE4.1 XSAVE > Tue 10 Jul 23:00:11 2012 | | OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Darwin 10.8.0) > > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: David Anderson <[email protected]> >> To: Richard Haselgrove <[email protected]> >> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2013, 19:47 >> Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] SSE3 detection (Radim Van?o) >> >> >> That was for FreeBSD. >> I changed it to "pni". >> -- David >> >> On 08-Aug-2013 11:39 AM, Richard Haselgrove wrote: >>> In this context, I'm slightly worried about the line >>> >>> 688 if (hasSSE3) strcat(capabilities, "sse3 "); >>> >>> in hostinfo_unix.cpp >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> *From:* David Anderson <[email protected]> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Sent:* Thursday, 8 August 2013, 18:59 >>> *Subject:* Re: [boinc_dev] SSE3 detection (Radim Van?o) >>> >>> Done. >>> -- David >>> >>> On 08-Aug-2013 10:55 AM, Radim Vančo wrote: >>> > Because kernel still returns pni I think that class_plan should >>> also be >>> changed >>> > to use pni instead of sse3. >>> > >>> > >>> > Dne 8.8.2013 19:50, Eric J Korpela napsal(a): >>> >> 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] >>> <mailto:[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] >>> <mailto:[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] >>> <mailto:[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] >>> <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] >>> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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.
