Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:43:08 +0100
From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
Message-Id: <200309151243.h8FCh8ne001294@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk>
To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, davidsen@tmr.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6 workaround for Athlon/Opteron prefetch errata
Cc: john@grabjohn.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, zwane@linuxpower.ca
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
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> I still like the idea of a single config variable to remove all special
> case code for non-configured CPUs, call it NO_BLOAT or MINIMALIST_KERNEL
> or EMBEDDED_HELPER as you will. The embedded folks would then have a good
> handle to do the work and identify sections to be so identified.

Removing the code for non-configured CPUs should be the default.  It's
common sense - if you configure a kernel to support Athlons only, why
have PIV workarounds in there, unless you're actually debugging a
kernel problem?

John.
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