2006-11-12 17:01:04

by Stephen Clark

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Subject: What processor type?

Hello List,

Could someone tell me what processor type I should select during kernel
config for
an Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 chip.

Thanks,
Steve

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2006-11-12 20:37:48

by Arjan van de Ven

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Subject: Re: What processor type?

On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 12:01 -0500, Stephen Clark wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> Could someone tell me what processor type I should select during kernel
> config for
> an Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 chip.

the x86-64 "generic" option works best:

config GENERIC_CPU
bool "Generic-x86-64"
help
Generic x86-64 CPU.


that one.



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2006-11-13 14:46:36

by Mark Lord

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Subject: Re: What processor type?

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 12:01 -0500, Stephen Clark wrote:
>> Hello List,
>>
>> Could someone tell me what processor type I should select during kernel
>> config for
>> an Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 chip.
>
> the x86-64 "generic" option works best:

For 32-bit kernels, I suppose it should be one of Pentium-M or Pentium-4.


2006-11-13 14:52:59

by Arjan van de Ven

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Subject: Re: What processor type?

On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 09:46 -0500, Mark Lord wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 12:01 -0500, Stephen Clark wrote:
> >> Hello List,
> >>
> >> Could someone tell me what processor type I should select during kernel
> >> config for
> >> an Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 chip.
> >
> > the x86-64 "generic" option works best:
>
> For 32-bit kernels, I suppose it should be one of Pentium-M or Pentium-4.

Pentium-M. Pentium-4 is an entirely different microarchitecture that
needs different optimizations than the Core 2 Duo; the pentium M
optimizations will work well on a Core 2 Duo... (although to be fair,
the Core 2 Duo runs just about all code you throw at it really really
fast anyway)

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