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Date:      Mon, 01 Sep 2003 20:22:38 +0200
From:      Hendrik Hasenbein <hhasenbe@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: multimedia/MMX, Celeron CPU, and the kernel config
Message-ID:  <3F538E6E.20000@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
In-Reply-To: <20030901175624.GB55612@keyslapper.org>
References:  <20030831234028.GA7528@keyslapper.org> <3F52C558.4020503@netcabo.pt> <20030901175624.GB55612@keyslapper.org>

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Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> Now, I realize no one will want to make 'supported' or 'guaranteed'
> recommendations, but I would certainly appreciate some pointers on
> taking the above information and determining the ideal CPU options to
> use in my kernel.  I looked at the handbook, and can't find any such
> details or links.  My main goal is to find out what CPU features are
> disabled through the kernel config, and enable them - particularly MMX
> support.

You don't need to enable MMX in the kernel. Your mplayer had MMX on, the 
mplayerxp not I remember. Perhaps there is a switch for mplayerxp.

> Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR> 
> Does this specify just detection or kernel config?

I would call it detection.

Hendrik



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