32bit chroot (was Re: [PD] PiDiP on Athon64?)

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jan 23, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Thomas Sivertsen wrote:

> John Harrison wrote:
>
>> and I just wanted to make sure I'll get reasonable
>> performance on the AMD, or if PiDiP is tailored to Intel-specific
>> architecture. This is all because I saw that statement about IA-32 on
>> effectv and it made me nervous.
>>
> An Athlon64 should work since PiDiP is not effectv. Some effects are  
> ported from Effectv. Requirements for effectv have little to do with  
> PiDiP. Besides, most MMX and SSE stuff is supported on Athlons and  
> have for several years. Just because a few of the effects have been  
> ported does not mean PiDiP is a port of  effectv to PD. PiDiP contains  
> a lot more than just some nifty effects.
>
> Who started saying this thing about PiDiP being a port of effectv  
> anyway? it needs to stop, right now.

I first brought up effectv saying that effectv code was used in PiDiP,  
therefore PiDiP must be released under the GNU GPL.  I don't know where  
the idea of pidip being an effectv port came from.

.hc

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