Re: Referring what kernel-images to build to the technical committee?

[Rahul Jain <rahul@rice.edu>]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:59:13PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> If programs won't run at all (as in the case of MMX and 3DNow!) 
> then we should compile different kernels.  If they just don't run as fast 
> then we can let the users compile their own kernels.

I don't understand why MMX or 3dnow apps can't be used if the kernel isn't
compiled to support them. Only the K7 configuration adds 3dnow support, but
3dnow in mpg123 works (or at least seems to) on my k6-3 with k6 chosen for the
cpu type in the kernel config.

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