Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751160Ab3JTJSS (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Oct 2013 05:18:18 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:54584 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750859Ab3JTJSQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Oct 2013 05:18:16 -0400 Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:18:13 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Austin S Hemmelgarn Cc: Linux-Kernel mailing list , x86@kernel.org, Linux Torvalds , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] x86: add kconfig options for newer 64-bit processors Message-ID: <20131020091813.GA4972@pd.tnic> References: <526325C9.7030705@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <526325C9.7030705@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: 970 Lines: 25 On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 08:37:29PM -0400, Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote: > This patch adds options to specifically optimize for a number of newer > 64-bit microarchitectures; specifically, Intel's Nehalem, Westmere, > Ivy Bridge, and Sandy Bridge, and AMD's Family 10h, Bobcat, Jaguar, > Bulldozer, Piledriver, and Steamroller. This serves primarily as an > attempt to render this particular sub-menu up-to-date with respect to > the options offered by current versions of GCC. I'm sorry but did I miss anything from the last time where we determined that those don't bring any sensible speedup and don't mean whit on distros? Thanks. -- 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/