Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262206AbTENQgP (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 12:36:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262473AbTENQgO (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 12:36:14 -0400 Received: from sb0-cf9a4970.dsl.impulse.net ([207.154.73.112]:2568 "EHLO madrabbit.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262206AbTENQgN (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 12:36:13 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.69 Changes to Kconfig and i386 Makefile to include support for various K7 optimizations From: Ray Lee To: thomas@horsten.com, davej@suse.de Cc: Linux Kernel Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1052930982.12607.243.camel@orca.madrabbit.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 14 May 2003 09:49:42 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 728 Lines: 21 Dave Jones wrote: > On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 06:34:26PM +0100, Thomas Horsten wrote: >> Please have a look, and pass me any comments. > I don't think this is worth the extra complication. The potential wins > (if any) outweigh the confusion to users who might have no clue as to > what core they have. How's about a "This CPU" option instead, a la gcccpuopt [1], that sets the correct CPU options for the current machine/gcc combo? [1] http://google.com/search?q=gcccpuopt Ray - 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/