>Hi,
>
>I've just come across the following:
>
>> isainfo -v
>32-bit i386 applications
>        ahf sse3 sse2 sse fxsr mmx cmov cx8 tsc fpu
>> mount |grep libc_hwcap
>/lib/libc.so.1 on /usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap3.so.1
>read/write/setuid/devices/dev=2d90002 on Fri May 29 14:42:39 2009
>> file /usr/lib/libc/*
>/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap1.so.1: ELF 32-bit LSB dynamic lib 80386 Version
>1 [SSE MMX CMOV SEP CX8 FPU], dynamically linked, not stripped, no
>debugging information available
>/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap2.so.1: ELF 32-bit LSB dynamic lib 80386 Version
>1 [SSE2 SSE MMX CMOV AMD_SYSC CX8 FPU], dynamically linked, not
>stripped, no debugging information available
>/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap3.so.1: ELF 32-bit LSB dynamic lib 80386 Version
>1 [SSE MMX CMOV CX8 FPU], dynamically linked, not stripped, no debugging
>information available
>
>
>So libc_hwcap3 is being used, which only requires [SSE MMX CMOV CX8
>FPU]. Why isn't libc_hwcap2 used, which seems much more appropriate
>concerning the supported set of instructions?


What type of system is this?

The system doesn't have amd_sysc and it doesn't have "sep" so only
hwcap3 works for the system.

Casper

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