Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262422AbTENQxL (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 12:53:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262578AbTENQxK (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 12:53:10 -0400 Received: from deviant.impure.org.uk ([195.82.120.238]:64469 "EHLO deviant.impure.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262422AbTENQxK (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 12:53:10 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 18:06:30 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Ray Lee Cc: thomas@horsten.com, Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.69 Changes to Kconfig and i386 Makefile to include support for various K7 optimizations Message-ID: <20030514170630.GA21120@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Ray Lee , thomas@horsten.com, Linux Kernel References: <1052930982.12607.243.camel@orca.madrabbit.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1052930982.12607.243.camel@orca.madrabbit.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 776 Lines: 19 On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 09:49:42AM -0700, Ray Lee wrote: > > 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? arch/i386/Makefile already does this. the original poster wanted to increase the granularity further, splitting athlon into several types of athlon. Dave - 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/