Subject: Re: SSE2 problems/kernel 2.5.67
From: Greg Madden (pabi@gci.net)
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 19:53:34 AKDT
On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 19:17, petezilla! wrote:
>
> I've compiled a new kernel for my computer and upon reboot if I select
> my kernel option from Lilo, it hangs on boot with a statement that can
> be paraphrased as, "SSE2 is not an option for this processor".
>
> In my .config file for the new kernel, my processor type has been
> specified as an Athlon and I've disabled SMP support as well. I
> backtracked down to a 2.5.61 kernel and I receive the same sort of error.
>
> My system specs are as follows, Athlon processor, Slackware 9.0 pre with
> kernel 2.4.20 & 2.5.67 (eventually I imagine). Has anyone seen a
> problem such as this? Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Thank you.
>
> - Peter S. H.
It may depend on which AMD processor you are using. Not all Athlons
support the SSE2 instruction set, although I read where all the newer
ones do.
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