[PD] Gem: can't load library

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Dec 4, 2006, at 12:25 PM, chris clepper wrote:

> On 12/4/06, IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at> wrote:
> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> >
> >
> > Since many people have non-nvidia cards, would it be possible to  
> make
> > the default Gem build not dependent on nvidia-specific stuff?  Then
> > there could be --enable-nvidia for people who want that.
>
> no.
> as said before, i see (!) configure as a way to build a package
> optimized for the machine that configure is executed on.
> it is not a tool to make the most stripped down version.
>
> Since performance is quite vital to the software working in the  
> intended manner, we make decisions based on what provides the most  
> efficient path in the code not some generic computer spec.  At the  
> same time we don't really limit what hardware can run GEM even  
> though there are certainly hardware and driver set ups entirely  
> unsuitable for the software.

I think that all the optimization that you guys have done is great.   
But it would be very helpful to a lot of people if the optimization  
did not prevent those of us with older hardware from even starting Gem.

.hc



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