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Date:      Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:13:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New kernel option CPU_ENABLE_SSE
Message-ID:  <200108162213.SAA07911@world.std.com>
References:  <200108162020.QAA14274@world.std.com> <200108162200.SAA21031@world.std.com>

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>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 15:03:45 -0700
>From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
>To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com>
>Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: New kernel option CPU_ENABLE_SSE
>
>On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 06:00:40PM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
>> Ok, so how can I tell if a given CPU supports that feature?
>>
>> I see a "feature list" in the kernel startup, and in the
>> case of a Pentium-III, SSE is at the "end" of that list; is
>> that the Definitive Indicator?  If so, what's to keep the
>> kernel from detecting and enabling it (per config-option,
>> for example)?  (kernel complexity, for example...)
>
>Yeah, it could probably be done that way.

Ok, but for now (IMO) the "manual" way should be just fine,
especially so we can all test it... :)

>[...]
>Kris

-kc

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