On Dec 21, 2007 7:10 PM, Renat Golubchyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:25:40 -0700 "Jonathan Haws" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a really stupid question I know, but I want some second > > opinions: > > > > > > > > Should the mmx global USE flag be enabled on a Pentium 4 machine and > > why or why not? > > Yes, it should. (Multimedia) programs that support it, e.g. mplayer or > gimp, will use it. > > > Cheers, > Renat > > -- > Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise loesen, > durch die sie entstanden sind. > (Einstein) >
If I remember correctly, flags like this are not recommended to enable. GCC can already pass the appropriate flags, such as MMX and SSE, to programs when compiling; the fact that this ebuild has optional use flags for this setting is a red flag, in my opinion. I would recommend researching possible problems you may have before building any programs with the MMX use flag. -- - Mark Shields
