[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Fix configure to disable MMX for Pentium Pro

[Alex Converse]

2010/8/26 M?ns Rullg?rd <mans at mansr.com>:
> Jason Garrett-Glaser <darkshikari at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:44 AM, Eli Friedman <eli.friedman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Attached. ?This is essentially fixing an oversight in r21277.
>>>
>>> -Eli
>>
>> This means every distro who uses --cpu=i686 or similar will silently
>> have their ffmpeg crippled the next time they make a build.
>
> They asked for an i686, and that's what they got. ?Where is the problem?
>

We used to be able to provide something that ran on i686 and was
optimized on faster systems.

> I honestly don't understand why you lot are kicking up such a fuss
> over a CPU that's _fifteen_ years old.
>

I honestly don't understand why you make a fuss about blackfin and
avr32 on fate which can't even manage to pass tests for mainstream
formats. At least PPro worked until you broke it.