[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] implied CPU extensions

Ivo ivop at euronet.nl
Sat Apr 22 17:07:54 CEST 2006


On Saturday 22 April 2006 16:54, Jan Knutar wrote:
> Further examination of the mailing list archives makes me believe
> that SSE always implies MMX2, even on VIA. Ignore the patch.

The mmxext flag is reported in the extended level cpuid call. I believe the 
extended level calls were an AMD "invention" so Intel probably doesn't 
support it. Centaur, VIA and TransMeta do support it though.

--Ivo




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