Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:06:41 +0000 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Joe <bsdhelp@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: SSE support in 6.1? Message-ID: <20061115100641.GA22391@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <474548e50611141800s68a7feb6le69d236678c0d6b7@mail.gmail.com> References: <474548e50611141652k66d5cb1ejca87ca1d78266ba5@mail.gmail.com> <014601c70853$f2f32fc0$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <474548e50611141742m394c5d2dx150c2cb667f0631e@mail.gmail.com> <20061115015647.GA95099@xor.obsecurity.org> <474548e50611141759n7d0845c1rb2ecf1b3964d7dc@mail.gmail.com> <474548e50611141800s68a7feb6le69d236678c0d6b7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 09:00:13PM -0500, Joe wrote: > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x642 Stepping = 2 > Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR> > AMD Features=0xc0440800<SYSCALL,<b18>,MMX+,3DNow+,3DNow> There is an option CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK which turns on SSE on Athlons which have SSE but where the BIOS has forgotten to turn it on. However, this Athlon looks too old - I think you need an Id of 0x660 or higher for this to work. David.
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