On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Diego Biurrun <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 05:12:23PM -0700, Daniel Kang wrote:
> > From: Daniel Kang <[email protected]>
> >
> > The only CPUs that have 3dnow and don't have mmxext are 12 years old.
> > ---
> >  libavcodec/x86/dsputil_mmx.c   |    9 ---------
> >  libavcodec/x86/h264_qpel_mmx.c |    4 ----
> >  2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> What sort of maintenance burden does this relieve us from?
> I'm writing this mail on a system fitting the description
> you mention, my trusty old K6-III.
>

1. Decreases binary size.
2. We don't support Windows ME (12 years old), I don't see a reason to keep
this cruft.
3. 3dnow becomes a pain when I'm trying to port code to yasm.
4. You can probably decode 260p H.264 with a K6-III. Who seriously would
use this?
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