From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 31 21:04:47 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB64316A4BF for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:04:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.netcabo.pt (smtp.netcabo.pt [212.113.174.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9753E43FF3 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:04:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from RicardoMesquita@netcabo.pt) Received: from netcabo.pt ([81.84.157.10]) by smtp.netcabo.pt with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 05:02:20 +0100 Message-ID: <3F52C558.4020503@netcabo.pt> Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 05:04:40 +0100 From: Ricardo Mesquita User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030708 X-Accept-Language: pt, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <20030831234028.GA7528@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <20030831234028.GA7528@keyslapper.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Sep 2003 04:02:20.0653 (UTC) FILETIME=[D77411D0:01C3703D] Subject: Re: multimedia/MMX, Celeron CPU, and the kernel config X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:04:48 -0000 Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Hey all. I've just installed the mplayer and mplayerxp ports for > video support. I've never quite had it right with aviplay and > plaympeg, but I never quite understood why. > > Well, when I run mplayer, I get the following: > > CPU: Intel Celeron A Mendocino/Pentium II Dixon (Family: 6, Stepping: 0) > Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes > CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0 > Compiled with Runtime CPU Detection - WARNING - this is not optimal! > To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection > > And mplayerxp gives the following: > CPU vendor name: GenuineIntel max cpuid level: 2 > CPU: Intel Celeron A Mendocino/Pentium II Dixon (Type: 6, Stepping: 0) > MMX supported but disabled > CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 0 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0 > Compiled for x86 CPU with features: 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE > > So I'm confused as to whether I've got the best configuration for my > custom kernel. Is there a way I can discover the exact model of my > cpu without cracking the case? > .... > Thanks! > Lou Check x86info regards, ricardo mesquita