Why is this pIII_sse?

cola · 03-18-2010, 08:52 AM

From cat /var/log/message

Code:

Mar 18 19:25:52 darkstar kernel:    pIII_sse  :  4320.000 MB/sec                                                             
Mar 18 19:25:52 darkstar kernel: xor: using function: pIII_sse (4320.000 MB/sec)

It's pentium D.

Is there any way to stop it?
Is there any problem if i stop it at boot time?

guanx · 03-18-2010, 09:32 AM

If you don't know what it is, then leave it as it is.

David the H. · 03-18-2010, 09:32 AM

What makes you think this is something that should be or can be disabled?

A couple of quick google searches show that this appears to be an in-kernel checksumming function of some kind. And sse is a class of hardware extensions on pentium-class cpus. So it appears to simply be a report that the kernel is using the sse extensions for it's checksumming, along with the speed of processing.

In other words, it doesn't look like anything to worry about.

cola · 03-18-2010, 09:51 AM

Thanks for your thoughts.