[haiku-development] Re: Haiku SSE status?
- From: "Ingo Weinhold" <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:06:34 +0100
Alexander von Gluck wrote:
> On 19.01.2012 17:26, Ingo Weinhold wrote:
> > Alexander von Gluck wrote:
> >> 1) You can download the following (simple) sse2 test c program:
> >> http://pub.haikufire.com/sse.c
> >>
> >> 2) compile it via: gcc sse.c -msse2 -o sse
> >>
> >> 3) run it to have it crash as soon as it attempts the sse code.
> >
> > Like on executing the first SSE instruction? And how does it crash (which
> > exception)?
>
> "General Protection Fault"
If it happens when executing the first SSE instruction, then it's very likely
something that we're not setting up (correctly). A look at the IA-32 specs
should help find out what our setup is missing yet.
CU, Ingo
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