This is almost certainly just a case of targeted optimization. The linux server uses so little cpu, there's no need increase risk and decrease portability by ASM-ing everything.
At 2006/07/27 03:57 PM, David Anderson wrote: >ahh my mistake, I see now there are functions simply not implemented in >asm for linux. sorry ;) > >ps, if you do implement them, posting them to the list would be cool :) > > --bail > http://www.bailopan.net/ > >David Anderson wrote: >>you're just not compiling it right, add -m3dnow and -msse to your flags >> >> --bail >> http://www.bailopan.net/ >> >>John Sheu wrote: >> >>>On Thursday 27 July 2006 2:48 pm, OndÅej Hoek wrote: >>> >>>>It's either "we care much more about Windows than your alien platform" >>>>or "hey, GCC's better at optimizing than our rewrite to GNU-compatible >>>>assembler!" Since Valve is the only middleware vendor whose current >>>>engine client hasn't been proven to run on Linux by any of its licensors >>>>(id's Quake 4 does, see Doom 3; Epic's Unreal II does, see UT2004), I'll >>>>be gambling on the probability of the first claim being true. >>> >>> >>> >>>I don't mind re-writing it (rather trivial), but I'm just wondering if >>>there >>>is some "master reason" for this. If there is, I shall just curse my >>>fate >>>and carry on coding. >>> >>>-John Sheu >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>please visit: >>>http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >>_______________________________________________ >>To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>please visit: >>http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please >visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
