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From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To: Thomas Krause -CI- <freebsd-amd64@chef-ingenieur.de>
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Subject: Re: -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -mno-mmx -mno-3dnow when compiling kernel
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On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 07:29:53PM +0100, Thomas Krause -CI- wrote:
> Hello,
> why are the Switches "-mno-sse -mno-sse2 -mno-mmx -mno-3dnow" are set
> when compiling an amd64 kernel? I think, the CPU supports all thease
> features.
> 

AFAIK, floating point is not permitted in the kernel.  Why would
you need to use sse, sse2, mmx, or 3dnow?

-- 
Steve