Two fixes to arch/i386/Makefile.cpu:
1) When X86_GENERIC=y is set, use -mtune=i686 if $(CC) doesn't
support -mtune=generic. GCC 4.1.2 and earlier don't support
-mtune=generic. When building a generic kernel for a distro
that runs on i586 and better, it is nice to use
-march=i586 -mtune=i686 instead of plain -march=i586.
2) Use $(call tune) instead of hardcoded -mtune when CONFIG_MCORE2=y.
This makes it possible to have CONFIG_MCORE2=y when using GCC 3.3,
which uses -mcpu instead of -mtune. Also dropped fallback to
-mtune=generic and -mtune=i686, because -march=i686 already
implies -mtune=i686.
The patch is against 2.6.20, but Makefile.cpu hasn't changed recently.
--- linux-2.6.20/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu.orig 2007-02-04 20:44:54.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.20/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu 2007-02-28 21:22:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
#-mtune exists since gcc 3.4
HAS_MTUNE := $(call cc-option-yn, -mtune=i386)
ifeq ($(HAS_MTUNE),y)
-tune = $(call cc-option,-mtune=$(1),)
+tune = $(call cc-option,-mtune=$(1),$(2))
else
-tune = $(call cc-option,-mcpu=$(1),)
+tune = $(call cc-option,-mcpu=$(1),$(2))
endif
align := $(cc-option-align)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
cflags-$(CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D) += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip2,-march=i586)
cflags-$(CONFIG_MCYRIXIII) += $(call cc-option,-march=c3,-march=i486) $(align)-functions=0 $(align)-jumps=0 $(align)-loops=0
cflags-$(CONFIG_MVIAC3_2) += $(call cc-option,-march=c3-2,-march=i686)
-cflags-$(CONFIG_MCORE2) += -march=i686 $(call cc-option,-mtune=core2,$(call cc-option,-mtune=generic,-mtune=i686))
+cflags-$(CONFIG_MCORE2) += -march=i686 $(call tune,core2)
# AMD Elan support
cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_ELAN) += -march=i486
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@
# add at the end to overwrite eventual tuning options from earlier
# cpu entries
-cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_GENERIC) += $(call tune,generic)
+cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_GENERIC) += $(call tune,generic,$(call tune,i686))
--
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