From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2608ABC37 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 10:56:40 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApUCAH4zBkqEqOABhWdsb2JhbACXEQEBAQoLCgUTtGWDfgU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,323,1238968800"; d="scan'208";a="39703507" Received: from oxalide-out.extra.cea.fr ([132.168.224.1]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 10 May 2009 10:56:40 +0200 Received: from pisaure.intra.cea.fr (pisaure.intra.cea.fr [132.166.88.21]) by oxalide.extra.cea.fr (8.14.2/8.14.2/CEAnet-Internet-out-2.0) with ESMTP id n4A8sTVU029537 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 10 May 2009 10:54:29 +0200 Received: from muguet2.intra.cea.fr (muguet2.intra.cea.fr [132.166.192.7]) by pisaure.intra.cea.fr (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n4A8uc22019080; Sun, 10 May 2009 10:56:38 +0200 (envelope-from Pascal.CUOQ@cea.fr) Received: from levau.intra.cea.fr (levau.intra.cea.fr [132.166.88.52]) by muguet2.intra.cea.fr (8.13.8/8.13.8/CEAnet-Intranet-out-1.1) with ESMTP id n4A8ucMH026255; Sun, 10 May 2009 10:56:38 +0200 Received: from LAXA.intra.cea.fr ([132.166.64.47]) by levau.intra.cea.fr with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sun, 10 May 2009 10:56:38 +0200 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Ocamlopt x86-32 and SSE2 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 10:56:37 +0200 Message-ID: <5EFD4D7AC6265F4D9D3A849CEA9219191AB1A5@LAXA.intra.cea.fr> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Ocamlopt x86-32 and SSE2 Thread-Index: AcnREf894MqsX4ENSZqBDq8lJ09JhwAOFB24 References: <20090509100004.353ADBC5C@yquem.inria.fr><5EFD4D7AC6265F4D9D3A849CEA9219191AB1A4@LAXA.intra.cea.fr> <87skjdwwps.fsf@frosties.localdomain> From: "CUOQ Pascal" To: "Goswin von Brederlow" Cc: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 May 2009 08:56:38.0312 (UTC) FILETIME=[3AA18280:01C9D14D] X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocamlopt:01 cuoq:01 cuoq:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 unacceptable:01 wikipedia:01 wiki:01 cea:01 supported:02 debian:04 bottom:93 pascal:06 pascal:06 quite:08 >That does not >really mean i486 at 25MHz will be used but it is the common bottom >line that can easily be supported. My point is that you're not looking at the whole set of requirements for OCaml and other existing Debian packages when you look only at the processor's instruction set. The way to keep old hardware running is to keep it running old software. or, if you give me a second to switch to my Bogart voice, "we will always have 3.11". >Having ocaml require SSE2 is quite unacceptable for someone with a Via >C7 cpu (they don't have SSE2, right?)=20 According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE2, someone using a Via C7 should be fine. Pascal