Richard W.M. Jones (rjones@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 08:01:09PM +0100, Jeremy Sanders wrote: > > Bill Nottingham wrote: > > > > > - Faster and more consistent FP math by using SSE2 registers > > > - Allows for autovectorization by GCC where necessary > > > - More clearly delineates our support set of targets, sticking true > > > to forwards innovation, not necessarily legacy support > > > > Why not leave it be and suggest people move to the less brain dead x86-64 > > instead? Innovation and legacy support. > > > > The slower x86 is, the more motivation there is to move to x86-64. > > +1 ... Well, then... let's build 32-bit x86 with -O0. Or add a few sleep()s strategically in glibc. That'll teach them. Seriously, if there is a huge non-SSE2 (or, heck, non-SSE - that brings back in Athlon-XP/MP and P3) userbase, that I can understand. But saying 'let's not try and make it better when we can do so with trivial effort - let's leave it slow/make it slower'... that's just silly. Bill -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
