Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 04:26:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 04:26:43 -0500 Received: from noodles.codemonkey.org.uk ([213.152.47.19]:16029 "EHLO noodles.internal") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 04:26:42 -0500 Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:26:59 +0000 From: Dave Jones To: Denis Vlasenko Cc: Margit Schubert-While , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: P4 compile options Message-ID: <20021122092659.GA13373@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Denis Vlasenko , Margit Schubert-While , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <4.3.2.7.2.20021121210830.00b58890@mail.dns-host.com> <20021121204056.GA19455@suse.de> <200211220832.gAM8W4p30533@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200211220832.gAM8W4p30533@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 872 Lines: 26 On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 11:22:53AM -0200, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > > This is already done in 2.5. (Well, the -march anyways) > I'd say benefits of compiling p4-optimized code are questionable. On what grounds ? > Are you sure your kernel will run faster, not slower? > Benchmark numbers? Or it's only warm and fuzzy feeling? The kernel mailing list archives are that way ---> > Warm and fuzzy feelings of kernels compiled for very new processors > quickly disappear when you try to boot e.g. 486 with them ;) "Doctor, it hurts when I do this" Dave -- | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk | SuSE Labs - 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/