On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 12:06:10AM -0700, Aaron Lehmann wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 08:47:53AM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > Previously Aaron Lehmann wrote: > > > I'd *like* to optimize the package at least for a Pentium, because I > > > imagine that MMX may be useful and I really doubt that the package > > > would have any utility whatsoever on anything < i586. > > > > There is i386, i386 with mmx, i386 with 3dnow and a few other > > variations. Lots of options to choose from. > > So with the ones you listed, we're talking about i386 vs. Pentium > MMX and up vs. K6/Athlon. As I said, my impulse is to go with the Pentium > optimization since it's a very safe bet. Is there a problem with doing > this in a distribution that's supposed to be for i386? I share the view > with many that we should try to preserve a least common denominator, > but trying to watch DivX videos on a 386 is just crazy. For the record, mplayer is acceptably fast in a build with no optimisations other than -O2 (i386 instruction ordering, no MMX, no nothing), on my Athlon @800. It doubtless could use less CPU cycles, but I really don't do much else while watching video streams. The only real challenge is the borderline processors... -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- http://www.debian.org/ | London, UK
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