Re: hardware question
"John Smith [email protected] [win_tech_off_topic]" <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Oct 2016 10:04:19 -0500
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--001a11481f74081251053e0b60c2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It's a compile time error. I've decided to skip the optimization that the assembly code was supposed to provide and just write that section in C++, it can't be that huge of a speed increase anyway since the assembly blocks are relatively small. Thanks for your help though. -John On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 3:07 PM, John Elliot V [email protected] [win_tech_off_topic] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When you say you're getting "errors that complain about unrecognized > assembly opcodes" -- is that a compile time issue or a runtime issue? > > On 01/10/16 06:00, John Smith [email protected] [win_tech_off_topic] > wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > promise you won't laugh, but the cpu is an Intel Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz > > in one of my dev machines. As for the cpu drivers, there is an option i= n > > the device manager under 'processors' that allows you to update the > > driver. I can't seem to find any info from Intel or any other place tha= t > > I've found so far that provides information on how/where to find said > > processor packs or whether there are options for extending the cpu > > instruction set, other than upgrading the cpu itself. > > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:11 PM, John Elliot V [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> [win_tech_off_topic] > > <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > __ > > > > > > Can't say I've ever heard of "CPU drivers" or "processor packs" > > before... are you trying to update the microcode? Perhaps you can tell > > us where you downloaded the CPU driver/processor pack..? Over here [1] > > you can read about which CPU model introduced support for which SSE > > operations. If you're missing opcodes perhaps you have an older CPU? > > What CPU do you have? > > > > [1] > > https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Assembly/SSE#SSE_Instruction_Set > > <https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Assembly/SSE#SSE_Instruction_Set> > > > > > > > > On 01/10/16 02:51, John Smith [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> [win_tech_off_topic] wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > If I update my CPU drivers, will that include relevant CPU processor > > > packs? I'm working on a program that requires SSE assembly and I keep > > > getting errors that complain about unrecognized assembly opcodes. > > Thanks > > > guys. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > E: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > P: +61 4 3505 7839 > > W: https://www.jj5.net/ > > > > > > > > -- > E: [email protected] > P: +61 4 3505 7839 > W: https://www.jj5.net/ >=20 > --001a11481f74081251053e0b60c2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/htm= l4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> =20 <body style=3D"background-color: #fff;"> <span style=3D"display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-mlmsg" style=3D"position:relative;"> <div id=3D"ygrp-msg" style=3D"z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-text" > =20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 <p><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>It's a compile time error. I've deci= ded to skip the optimization that the assembly code was supposed to provide= and just write that section in C++, it can't be that huge of a spe= ed increase anyway since the assembly blocks are relatively small. Thanks f= or your help though.</div><div><br></div><div>-John</div></div><div class= =3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 3:0= 7 PM, John Elliot V <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> [win_tec= h_off_topic] <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:win_tech_off_topic@yah= oogroups.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>><= /span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left:1px= #ccc solid;"> <u></u> =20 <div style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> <span>=C2=A0</span> <div id=3D"m_-3525373765477035372ygrp-mlmsg"> <div id=3D"m_-3525373765477035372ygrp-msg"> <div id=3D"m_-3525373765477035372ygrp-text"> =20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 <p>When you say you're getting "errors that complain about u= nrecognized<br> assembly opcodes" -- is that a compile time issue or a runtime issue?<= span><br> <br> On 01/10/16 06:00, John Smith <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a> [win_tech_off_topic] wrote:<br> > <br> > <br> > Hi,<br> > promise you won't laugh, but the cpu is an Intel Pentium 4 3.0= Ghz<br> > in one of my dev machines. As for the cpu drivers, there is an option = in<br> > the device manager under 'processors' that allows you to updat= e the<br> > driver. I can't seem to find any info from Intel or any other plac= e that<br> > I've found so far that provides information on how/where to find s= aid<br> > processor packs or whether there are options for extending the cpu<br> > instruction set, other than upgrading the cpu itself.<br> > <br> > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:11 PM, John Elliot V <a href=3D"mailto:jj5@j= j5.net" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br></span> > <mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= t</a>> [win_tech_off_topic]<br> > <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b= lank">win_tech_off_topic@<wbr>yahoogroups.com</a><br> > <mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" targe= t=3D"_blank">win_tech_off_topic@<wbr>yahoogroups.com</a>>> wrote:<br> > <br> > __<span><br> > <br> > <br> > Can't say I've ever heard of "CPU drivers" or &q= uot;processor packs"<br> > before... are you trying to update the microcode? Perhaps you can = tell<br> > us where you downloaded the CPU driver/processor pack..? Over here= [1]<br> > you can read about which CPU model introduced support for which SS= E<br> > operations. If you're missing opcodes perhaps you have an olde= r CPU?<br> > What CPU do you have?<br> > <br> > [1]<br> > <a href=3D"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Assembly/SSE#SSE_Inst= ruction_Set" target=3D"_blank">https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/<wbr>X86_Assem= bly/SSE#SSE_<wbr>Instruction_Set</a><br> > <<a href=3D"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Assembly/SSE#SSE_= Instruction_Set" target=3D"_blank">https://en.wikibooks.org/<wbr>wiki/X86_A= ssembly/SSE#SSE_<wbr>Instruction_Set</a>><br> > <br> > <br> > <br> > On 01/10/16 02:51, John Smith <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"= target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br></span><span> > <mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">= [email protected]</a>> [win_tech_off_topic] wrote:<br> > ><br> > ><br> > > Hi guys,<br> > > If I update my CPU drivers, will that include relevant CPU pr= ocessor<br> > > packs? I'm working on a program that requires SSE assembl= y and I keep<br> > > getting errors that complain about unrecognized assembly opco= des.<br> > Thanks<br> > > guys.<br> > ><br> > ><br> > <br> > -- <br></span> > E: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a= > <mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</= a>><span><br> > P: +61 4 3505 7839<br> > W: <a href=3D"https://www.jj5.net/" target=3D"_blank">https://www.= jj5.net/</a><br> > <br> > <br> > <br> <br> -- <br> E: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br> P: +61 4 3505 7839<br> W: <a href=3D"https://www.jj5.net/" target=3D"_blank">https://www.jj5.net/<= /a><br> </span></p> </div><span> =20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20 <div style=3D"height:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);"></div> </span></div> =20=20 </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> </p> </div> =20=20=20=20=20 <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <div style=3D"color: #fff; height: 0;">__._,_.___</div> =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20 =20 =20=20=20=20 <div style=3D"clear:both"> </div> <div id=3D"fromDMARC" style=3D"margin-top: 10px;"> <hr style=3D"height:2px ; border-width:0; color:#E3E3E3; background= -color:#E3E3E3;"> Posted by: John Smith <[email protected]> <hr style=3D= "height:2px ; border-width:0; color:#E3E3E3; background-color:#E3E3E3;"> </div> <div style=3D"clear:both"> </div> <table cellspacing=3D4px style=3D"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px= ; color: #2D50FD;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style=3D"font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; font-weight: bo= ld; padding: 7px 5px 5px;" > <a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD= " href=3D"https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/win_tech_off_topic/conversati= ons/messages/60578;_ylc=3DX3oDMTJxNHZybGxvBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM3MDE1M= jQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA2NjY5BG1zZ0lkAzYwNTc4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUD= MTQ3NTU5NDQwMA--?act=3Dreply&messageNum=3D60578">Reply via web post</a> </td> <td>•</td> <td style=3D"font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5p= x 5px;" > <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]?subject=3DRe%3A%20%5BOT%5D%= 20hardware%20question" style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD;"> Reply to sender </a> </td> <td>•</td> <td style=3D"font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5p= x 5px;"> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]?subject=3D= Re%3A%20%5BOT%5D%20hardware%20question" style=3D"text-decoration: none; col= or: #2D50FD"> Reply to group </a> </td> <td>•</td> <td style=3D"font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5p= x 5px;" > <a href=3D"https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/win_tech_off_top= ic/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=3DX3oDMTJlNDE3ODRjBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAz= M3MDE1MjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA2NjY5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTQ3NTU5N= DQwMA--" style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD">Start a New Topic<= /a> </td> <td>•</td> <td style=3D"font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5p= x 5px;color: #2D50FD;" > <a href=3D"https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/= win_tech_off_topic/conversations/topics/60574;_ylc=3DX3oDMTM2MTZxMTFxBF9TAz= k3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM3MDE1MjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA2NjY5BG1zZ0lkAzYwNTc4BHNlY= wNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTQ3NTU5NDQwMAR0cGNJZAM2MDU3NA--" style=3D"text-= decoration: none; color: #2D50FD;">Messages in this topic</a> (5) </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 <div id=3D"megaphoneModule"> <hr style=3D"height:2px ; border-width:0; color:#E3E3E3; backgr= ound-color:#E3E3E3;"> <div> <div class=3D"stream" style=3D"margin-bottom:10px;"> <div style=3D"background-color:white;"> <div class=3D"sn-img" style=3D"display:inline;"><img name=3D"tn= _file" style=3D"padding:0px 10px;vertical-align:top;margin-top:5px;" src=3D= "https://s.yimg.com/ru/static/images/yg/img/megaphone/1464031581_phpFA8bON"= height=3D"82" width=3D"82"></div> <div class=3D"mod-txt" style=3D"display:inline-block;"> <a rel=3D"nofollow" name=3D"sub_url" target=3D"_blank" href= =3D"https://yho.com/1wwmgg" style=3D"color:#0000FF;display:block;margin-lef= t:5px;text-decoration:none;"><span style=3D"font-size:15px;">Have you tried= the highest rated email app?</span></a> <div style=3D"max-width:530px;padding:2px 5px;">With 4.5 st= ars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email app on the mar= ket. 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