[gmpi] Re: Reqs 3.8
- From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:12:39 +0000
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 03:55:07 +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> > Hmm... I'm not sure about that. Usually the binary that wants
> > float would be targeted to one platform (say PC), while the other
> > would be targeted to another (mobile).
>
> ...except that low end games, multimedia toys and stuff like that
> often cover the whole range from 486 or Pentium and up. So, you may
> well encounter integer plugins on a 686 machine, and there's nothing
> in the binaries that automatically prevent P-II+ float hosts from
> loading them.
Sure, but in that case the game will be an integer profile host - as its
targetted at low end machines.
> Yeah - and provided hosts are really required to check the metadata,
> the "compatible binaries, incompatible profiles" problem is solved as
> well. :-)
The host SDK could enfoce it.
- Steve
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