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Re: disabling sse3/sse4 in libc


Thank you. Compiling glibc with --disable-multi-arch worked great.

I did try changing the CPUID my simulator returns, but that doesnt
always work because the simulator doesn't execute the entire program.
I fast forward to some point in the code by which the libraries are
already loaded by the native processor.

Thanks for your help
Akanksha

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.com> wrote:
> On 09/18/2012 03:19 AM, Akanksha Jain wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to disable all SSE3/4 versions of functions in glibc. I
>> am doing some experiments with a micro-architectural simulator which
>> does not have support for SSE3 and 4. In order for my simulator to
>> execute the program, the executable should be devoid of any SSE3/4
>> instructions.  My understanding is that the functions are chosen in
>> the library based on the CPUID. Is there a way I can disable SSE3/4 or
>> pass a non-native CPUID?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> Besides recompiling glibc with some changes, there's no way to change this -
> but I think it would be a worthwhile addition.
>
> but if you have a simulator, then fix the simulator to generate a proper
> cpuid. If the simulator does not support SSE4, then the cpuid from it should
> not say it supports it,
>
> Andreas
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Thanks,
Akanksha Jain
PhD Student
Department of Computer Science
University of Texas at Austin


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