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On 18 Aug 2001, Bob <ohannessian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peter Wang wrote:
> > Actually, my assembler doesn't seem to support SSE instructions.
> > How do we test for it?
>
> Just try to compile this line:
>
> maskmovq %mm0, %mm0
>
> Like we're doing for the MMX test.
> It'll test for the presence of MMX+ (3DNow!2 or SSE).
>
> FYI, you need GAS 2.11.90+. 2.10.90 (shipped with RH 7.0) can't compile it.
Actually, it does :-)
On 18 Aug 2001, Henrik Stokseth <hstokset@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Why test for it? Couldn't we remove the mmx test as well and tell people to
> use a faily new binutils? it just seems a little dumb to me to add tests we
> don't really need.
Yes, I think this is increasingly becoming a good option. Way back
when, it was a good idea to have the test. Nowadays it seems to
cause more problems than it solves.
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