In this context, I'm slightly worried about the line 688 if (hasSSE3) strcat(capabilities, "sse3 ");
in hostinfo_unix.cpp >________________________________ > From: David Anderson <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2013, 18:59 >Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] SSE3 detection (Radim Van?o) > > >Done. >-- David > >On 08-Aug-2013 10:55 AM, Radim Vančo wrote: >> Because kernel still returns pni I think that class_plan should also be >> changed >> to use pni instead of sse3. >> >> >> Dne 8.8.2013 19:50, Eric J Korpela napsal(a): >>> PNI includes more than SSE related instructions. That's probably why it's >>> referred to as PNI rather than SSE3 >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Michael Tughan < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> At least on the Linux 3.8 VM I have immediate access to, it is still >>>> referred by PNI, not SSE3. Whether that should fully determine how it's >>>> called, I'm not sure. It's proper name, and the one that most people know >>>> it by, is properly SSE3. >>>> >>>> Michael Tughan >>>> >>>> On 2013-08-08, at 1:40 PM, Eric J Korpela <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't believe the Linux kernel has changed. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Rom Walton <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> At the time that the code was written it also happened to be what the >>>>>> Linux kernel was returning for the same instruction set in the CPU >>>> features >>>>>> area of /proc/cpuinfo. >>>>>> >>>>>> We should update it if the Linux kernel has changed. >>>>>> >>>>>> My goal was to be consistent across platforms. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Rom >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: boinc_dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>>> Of >>>>>> Jorden van der Elst >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 1:32 PM >>>>>> To: Robert Kreß >>>>>> Cc: BOINC Dev Mailing List >>>>>> Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] SSE3 detection (Radim Van?o) >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Robert Kreß <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> Well Boinc is detecting SSE3 if it’s present and usable – but one >>>>>>> called it “pni” instead of SSE3 !?! >>>>>> Not 'one' called it that, but Intel themselves. >>>>>> >>>>>> From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE3 >>>>>> "SSE3, Streaming SIMD Extensions 3, also known by its Intel code name >>>>>> Prescott New Instructions (PNI)" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- Jord van der Elst. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> boinc_dev mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >>>>>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >>>>>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> boinc_dev mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >>>>>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >>>>>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> boinc_dev mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >>>>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >>>>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> boinc_dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> boinc_dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >_______________________________________________ >boinc_dev mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >(near bottom of page) enter your email address. > > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
