On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Christian Ruppert <id...@gentoo.org> wrote: > 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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