On 04/26/12 at 06:00PM +0200, Jeroen Roovers wrote: > On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:04:08 -0600 > Ryan Hill <dirtye...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > Arg, no. Please just print the warning if the host doesn't do SSE2. > > There's no reason to have a USE flag here (and _really_ no reason to > > make it fatal) > > I entirely agree there. :) >
I haven't followed the prev. conversation but what's wrong with a USE flag for SSE2? We already have SSE2 flags, even global.. > > , especially for an instruction set that every system has supported > > for over a decade. > > Er, some of my teenage systems run desktops just fine here, thanks. And > one of them is just nine years old right now but still doesn't support > SSE2 (merely SSE[1]). > > > Regards, > jer > > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Athlon_XP#Barton_and_Thorton - see > [2] right above that for the actual specs. > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Athlon_XP#Thoroughbred_.28T-Bred.29 > -- Regards, Christian Ruppert Gentoo Linux developer, Bugzilla administrator and Infrastructure member Fingerprint: EEB1 C341 7C84 B274 6C59 F243 5EAB 0C62 B427 ABC8
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