[LAU] denormals, cpu flags, and "minor" apps over-reaching

Long ago I added some code to yoshimi to deal with denormals (from Jens M Andreasen,
LAD <http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-dev/2009-August/024707.html>).

Now I'm wondering if it's actually cool for a synth app or plugin to arrogantly go
about changing cpu flags underneath other running apps, eg ardour. I'd like to hear
the thoughts of the wise on whether that's a very bad thing for a "minor" app to be
doing.

cheers, Cal

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Received on Tue Mar 16 08:15:02 2010