cpu dispatcher for visual studio for AVX and SSE

Question

I work with two computers. One without AVX support and one with AVX. It would be convenient to have my code find the instruction set supported by my CPU at run-time and ch

Answer 1

The fact that the link order matters makes me think that there might be some kind of initialization code in the obj file. If the initialization code is communal, then only the first one is taken. I can't reproduce it, but you should be able to see it in an assembly listing (compile with /c /Ftestavx.asm)