Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Athlon 64 X2 cpuinfo oddities | From | Dave Dillow <> | Date | Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:29:07 -0500 |
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On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 21:18 +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote: > Second thing I find slightly odd is the lack of "sse3" in the "flags" list. > I was under the impression that all AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU's featured SSE3? > Is it a case of: > a) Me being wrong, not all Athlon 64 X2's feature SSE3? > b) The CPU actually featuring SSE3 but Linux not taking advantage of it? > c) The CPU features SSE3 and it's being utilized, but /proc/cpuinfo > doesn't show that fact? > d) Something else?
Can't help you with the rest, but SSE3 is called "pni" in cpuinfo for historical reasons, IIRC. -- Dave Dillow <dave@thedillows.org>
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