Can MMX be expected to be supported for F12+?

[Toshio Kuratomi]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:31:11AM +0200, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
> On 01/19/2010 12:18 AM, Till Maas wrote:
> > Hiyas,
> >
> > now that F12+ is built for i686, can I expect that all Fedora x83
> > supported CPUs in F12+ support MMX? I have a package (john) that can
> > then be made simpler.
> >
> > Regards
> > Till
> >   
> I'd say that you certainly can. Even Via Samuel is MMX enabled. Actually 
> any processor built after the original Pentium (i.e. >= "Pentium MMX") 
> is, AFAIK
> 
Actually, the original i686, Pentium Pro,  doesn't include MMX.  So barring
further discussion, the answer is probably no, you can't depend on MMX being
present yet.

-Toshio
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