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diff --git a/doc/builders/packages/dlib.section.md b/doc/builders/packages/dlib.section.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8f0aa861018 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/builders/packages/dlib.section.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# DLib {#dlib} + +[DLib](http://dlib.net/) is a modern, C++-based toolkit which provides several machine learning algorithms. + +## Compiling without AVX support {#compiling-without-avx-support} + +Especially older CPUs don\'t support [AVX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions) (Advanced Vector Extensions) instructions that are used by DLib to optimize their algorithms. + +On the affected hardware errors like `Illegal instruction` will occur. In those cases AVX support needs to be disabled: + +```nix +self: super: { dlib = super.dlib.override { avxSupport = false; }; } +``` |