Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:57:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:57:00 -0400 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:54792 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:56:48 -0400 Subject: Re: x86 cpu configuration (was: Re: [PATCH] i386 rw_semaphores fix) To: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com (Jeff Garzik) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 22:58:30 +0100 (BST) Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Kernel Mailing List) In-Reply-To: <3AD3657C.687DA9F7@mandrakesoft.com> from "Jeff Garzik" at Apr 10, 2001 03:56:44 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > The current way of doing things on x86 -- essentially selecting a > minimal level of CPU support -- is nice for vendors like Mandrake who That isnt how the current x86 one works. It just sort of looks like that for a common subset. - 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/