Yeah, or at least give us an option to run it with SSE or not. --- OndÅej HoÅ¡ek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In that case, is there any difference between > srcds_i486 and srcds_i686 > at the moment? SSE was, once upon a time, a big > difference. (I, crazy as > I am, could run srcds on a Pentium II 450MHz machine > using the i486 binary.) > > Please give us non-SSE back when you're done > optimizing the code. I'm at > least the third person being slightly bugged by > this. > > ~~ Ondra > > Alfred Reynolds wrote: > > SSE is required by all builds at the moment. We > are looking at removing the requirement but the > performance impacts of doing that are rather large > right now. > > > > - Alfred > > > > Ondrej HoÅ¡ek wrote: > > > >> Having tested it myself now, I found out it's > Valve's error. They > >> obviously changed the compiler flags when > building srcds_i486, which > >> now > >> requires SSE. (Since when does the 486 have SSE > anyway? The Pentium II > >> never had it...) > >> > >> To any Valve employees reading this: SSE is for > srcds_i686, *not by > >> any > >> chance* for srcds_i486. Could you please get > srcds_i486 rebuilt? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> ~~ Ondra > >> > >> Calitaco wrote: > >> > >>> It seems like it doesn't support SSE. This is > the > >>> output. > >>> > >>> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce > cx8 > >>> sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr pni > syscall > >>> mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow > >>> > >>> Also, I've tried running the command you > supplied but > >>> it gives this error which is probably the same > error > >>> I've been having. > >>> > >>> ./srcds_run: line 344: 18824 Illegal instruction > >>> > >>> --- Ondà â¢ej Hoà ¡ek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Try the following: > >>>> > >>>> $ cat /proc/bus/cpuinfo | grep flags > >>>> > >>>> If this pipe returns a line containing "sse", > your > >>>> processor should be > >>>> SSE-compatible. > >>>> > >>>> As a temporary workaround, you may try > "./srcds_run -binary > >>>> ./srcds_i486", which shouldn't require SSE. > >>>> > >>>> ~~ Ondra > >>>> > >>>> Calitaco wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> It's on a AMD 1.2Ghz Thunderbird with 1gig of > ram. > >>>>> Worked fine until a few days ago. I guess it > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> must've > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> auto updated. > >>>>> > >>>>> --- Evaldas Zilinskas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Can you tell me about your hardware? I'm > using > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> suse > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> 9.3 and no problems with > >>>>>> SSE > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view > the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
