"disabled" messages in logfile

Hi,

i keep seeing this on stdout / in the logfile, when running on linux:

2007-11-25T17:49:36Z INFO: update_vector_performances: Vectorization : DISABLED
2007-11-25T17:49:36Z INFO: update_vector_performances: Vector Processor : COMPILER DEFAULT
2007-11-25T17:49:36Z INFO: update_vector_performances: Vectorized Skinning : DISABLED


what does that mean?

bye,
Y

It's checking to see if it can use various optimisations for CPUs with SSE, if memory serves.

hm.
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 14
model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz
stepping : 8
cpu MHz : 798.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc pni monitor est tm2 xtpr
bogomips : 3461.26

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 14
model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz
stepping : 8
cpu MHz : 798.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc pni monitor est tm2 xtpr
bogomips : 3458.11

i do have SSE and SSE2 though...

Yeah, I'm not sure the checks themselves are actually doing anything yet.

This isn't anything to worry about. These particular optimizations do not function on Linux (I got them working, but they're not strictly safe OR a performance-win, so there are no urgent plans to enable these).

Here are some more "particular optimizations" not working :

- GL_extensions commonly disabled.
- Voice not working.
- Video not working.
- Stability patches by others not implemented and therefore not working or continuing to cripple the client.

Nothing has been done over a half year now concerning optimizations for the linux-version of SL .. come to think of it .. what IS urgent in development in the linux-client ? It's too pathetic for words really. There is no constructive cooperation still with the linux-community in SL. Everything is aimed to give the linux-client more instabilitly and incredibility in the hope that all users will be running the Mac or Windows version only in the end. The 'quick buck' must prevail over common sense about technology.

I don't wanna hear that we should be glad to have a linux-client at all. I wanna hear what is actually done in a certain time-perspective or schedule to improve the overall experience instead of dropping or disabling features that are obviously very easy to implement in other versions.

I am a linux-user. I am not a hacker, cracker or coder by default and guilty before trialed. Linux-users can assist in helping SL become a better experience to ALL. Stop this non-sense of degrading an OS like this on purpose.