MMX/SSE{2}/3DNOW checks in kdefx/configure.in.in are wrong
    Maks Orlovich 
    mo002j at mail.rochester.edu
       
    Tue Jan  6 17:35:10 GMT 2004
    
    
  
> As you can see anyone can compile a program with SSE2 instruction but it
> will not run unless
> your CPU supports it. But kdelibs configure says I got MMX/3DNOW/SSE/SSE2
> support on a Pentium3!
> ( Which would be cool ;) ). A better solution would be doing :
<snip>
No, the tests are correct. They check for whether your system is capable of 
compiling the proper versions. There is a run-time check, too. See KCPUInfo.
    
    
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