[hashcash] Re: cpu detection, disabling mmx code on non mmx cpu (Re: Re: status of hashcash version 1?)

  • From: Kyle Hasselbacher <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: hashcash@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 12:00:35 -0500

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Jonathan Morton wrote:

| OK, that indicates we will need separate i{3,4,5}86 binaries for best
| performance.  The MMX cores will need to be disabled in the 3/486
| versions until I can get detection to tolerate lack of CPUID.  This will
| also need testing, so it'll have to wait until I get a 486 back on it's
| feet.  (Given that I prefer Gentoo Linux, that could literally take
weeks.)

If you don't mind Debian, I might be able to resurrect a 386 in my
basement, and have it net-accessible, faster than that.
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