[Bf-committers] [31068] trunk/blender/build_files/make/ nan_definitions.mk: Makefile fix: on PowerPC architecture SSE compile should not happen.

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

> No because PPC could get AltiVec optimizations. Rare but not
> impossible.

That is precisely the point, then you make a WITH_ALTIVEC.
Such ifdefs then tell what goes on (= good), and not what you use if  
for (= arbitrary at best).

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands

On 5 Aug, 2010, at 22:25, GSR wrote:

> Hi,
> ton at blender.org (2010-08-05 at 1604.56 +0200):
>> Makefile fix: on PowerPC architecture SSE compile should not happen.
>> Note for the coder here, is it correct to enable SSE with a general
>> WITH_BF_RAYOPTIMIZATION flag? Just call it WITH_SSE? More clear :)
>
> No because PPC could get AltiVec optimizations. Rare but not
> impossible.
>
> GSR
>
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