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Message-ID: <4639171A.3050004@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 15:56:26 -0700
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
CC: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Why ssse3?
Andi Kleen wrote:
> Nope. SSE3 != SSSE3. The additional S means Supplemential.
>
> It's probably because the few changes didn't justify a SSE4
OK, the problem is that the actual sse3 bit is misnamed. According to
Intel's docs bit 0 of ECX is "sse", the kernel uses "pni". Too bad.
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