On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> What do apps actually care about
> - MMX
> - Athlon MMX2
> - SSE
> - SSE2
Image manipulation programs need a way to determine the most efficient
algorithm/instructions to use.
> and occasionally
> - CPU vendor
> - CPU model
Probably not as much here, except as how this info may be used to identify
erratta on a feature that is important to the program.
Stuart
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