Re: [AD] commit: readme.mgw, readme.txt

[Javier Gonzalez <xaviergonz@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I must agree here. Isn't that bad for people to update their tools?
After all they are free! =)
And with that little effort they would win with better code and we with
less problems



> On Wednesday 26 September 2001 00:14, Bob wrote:
>
> > Just add an SSE instruction in the mmx test, like maskmovq %mm0, %mm0.
>
> it's a bad thing to confuse mmx with sse. and this would mean mmx
> optimalizations are not included if the assembler supports mmx but not
sse.
> to get it right, one should add an ssetest to the makefiles, add #define
> ALLEGRO_SSE_HEADER to the platform specific includes and put #ifndef
> ALLEGRO_SSE in some files in src/i386/. but since the whole tests are
> pointless (!) it's better to not have them at all. who would want a
library
> without optimised code anyway? retards?
>
> the only reason i can think of to still have them, is to avoid questions
like
> "ran make, got an error message: No such i386 instruction. Help!!!"
> but both readme.txt and the FAQ lists binutils 2.10 or newer as required.
> besides i think it is impolite to ask such questions on the mailinglist
> without having read those files first.
>
> > Binutil packages that don't support MMX should be updated anyway :)
>
> you said it! a lot of open-source software nowadays lists software
> requirements so why not us?
>
> --
> Sincerely Henrik Stokseth.
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