> 'Twas brillig, and zezinho at 03/12/12 22:42 did gyre and gimble: >> Trying to launch openalchemist gave me a crash because Clanlib2 uses >> SSE2 on SSE2 systems for software rendering, while we disabled it at >> configure. >> >> What should we do? I think enabling it is better, as all i586 CPU with >> less than 10 years come with SSE2. But our policy forbids it ;-) >> >> ERROR FOLLOWS : >> >> Exception caught: >> Sorry, this compiled clanSWRender does not support SSE2, but your CPU >> does support SSE2. (Update clanSWRender to contain SSE2) > > The code should really be complied but only enabled at runtime if it's > available. PulseAudio does this. It's more of a pain to code for but > does make like easier for distributions. > > But yeah, short term fix, nuke the test, and as a meme says, keep calm > and carry on.
but, do ALL recent i586 CPU's have SSE2? what about the embedded and VIA cpu's and the likes?
