[PATCH] fixing SSE detection in solid

Michael Pyne mpyne at purinchu.net
Thu Feb 7 23:37:21 GMT 2008


On Wednesday 06 February 2008, Tobias Koenig wrote:
> Hej,
>
> According to the specs, MMX is at bit 23, SSE at bit 25 and SSE2 at bit 26
>
> 0000 0110 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 <- msb
>
> So the bitmask 0x06800000 should cover the SSE/2 and MMX bit and
> 0x02000000 checks for SSE and 0x04000000 for SSE2.

I agree with the bitmasks (I assume you mean msb is the one at the far left. 
;)

I've tried running solidshell again after applying the patch but it doesn't 
seem to change the output at all.  Is there a better testcase to use?

Regards,
 - Michael Pyne
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