Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755224Ab3I2Vaj (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:30:39 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:59427 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754748Ab3I2Vag (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:30:36 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 23:30:26 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Austin S Hemmelgarn Cc: Linux-Kernel mailing list , Linux Torvalds , Alan Cox Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86_64: add config options to optimize for newer AMD processors Message-ID: <20130929213026.GF5426@pd.tnic> References: <52486938.4090009@gmail.com> <20130929180101.GB5490@pd.tnic> <5248905E.8000801@gmail.com> <20130929205051.GD5426@pd.tnic> <52489A59.7040108@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <52489A59.7040108@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 913 Lines: 25 On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 05:23:37PM -0400, Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote: > I'm not saying that should just be included without substantiation, I > simply mean that the reason to include it (as far as I am concerned) > is that it doesn't break anything and provides something useful that > isn't in the kernel already. If it doesn't bring any performance improvement - and I don't want to rain on your parade but I think it won't, at least not enough to warrant a serious look - there's absolutely no reason to add it. But hey, I'm always open to surprises! So surprise me! :-) -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/