[PATCH] fixing SSE detection in solid

[Thiago Macieira]

On Friday 08 February 2008 07:27:52 Tobias Koenig wrote:
> > > 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. ;)
>
> Hmm isn't msb the bit that represents 2^0? You see I'm not good at binary
> level ;)

MSB = Most significant bit.

2^0 is always LSB (Least significant bit).

Little-endian == LSB-first or LSB left or left-to-right
Big-endian == MSB-first or MSB left or right-to-left (like our normal numbers)

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