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Krzysztof Grzelak
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Stockfish

Post by Krzysztof Grzelak »

I have a question. I want to download the devolper version of Stockfish. Can someone write what it means " Windows x64 for modern computers ".What support instructions must the processor have to run this version " Windows x64 for modern computers ".
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Guenther
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Re: Stockfish

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Krzysztof Grzelak wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:25 pm I have a question. I want to download the devolper version of Stockfish. Can someone write what it means " Windows x64 for modern computers ".What support instructions must the processor have to run this version " Windows x64 for modern computers ".
https://github.com/official-stockfish/S ... efile#L172

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ifeq ($(findstring -modern,$(ARCH)),-modern)
	popcnt = yes
	sse = yes
	sse2 = yes
	ssse3 = yes
	sse41 = yes
endif
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Krzysztof Grzelak
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Re: Stockfish

Post by Krzysztof Grzelak »

Thank you Guenther. How to check if the developer version supports Large Pages.
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yurikvelo
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Re: Stockfish

Post by yurikvelo »

Since 13.05.2020 all SF builds have automatic support for large pages
Since 25.09.2020 "info string Hash table allocation: Windows large pages not used" is not shown any more (info message break some GUIs)