Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262228AbUKDOMm (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:12:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262229AbUKDOMl (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:12:41 -0500 Received: from sd291.sivit.org ([194.146.225.122]:33248 "EHLO sd291.sivit.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262228AbUKDOJY (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:09:24 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:09:35 +0100 From: Stelian Pop To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/12] meye: the driver is no longer experimental and depends on PCI Message-ID: <20041104140934.GZ3472@crusoe.alcove-fr> Reply-To: Stelian Pop Mail-Followup-To: Stelian Pop , Arjan van de Ven , Christoph Hellwig , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton References: <20041104111231.GF3472@crusoe.alcove-fr> <20041104111613.GM3472@crusoe.alcove-fr> <20041104114126.GA31736@infradead.org> <20041104114904.GV3472@crusoe.alcove-fr> <1099570980.16640.6.camel@laptop.fenrus.org> <20041104123210.GW3472@crusoe.alcove-fr> <1099574162.16640.9.camel@laptop.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1099574162.16640.9.camel@laptop.fenrus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1127 Lines: 40 On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 02:16:02PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > I thought that CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not cost-free and thus must > > be enabled only when needed... > > having multiple kernels also isn't free... and there's a milion > different config options that cost/gain performance ;) What about backward compatibility ? If I understand the PAE help text correctly, a PAE enabled kernel will not boot on a processor which doesn't support PAE, like my Crusoe: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineTMx86 cpu family : 6 model : 4 model name : Transmeta(tm) Crusoe(tm) Processor TM5600 stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 595.597 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr cx8 cmov mmx longrun bogomips : 1167.36 Stelian. -- Stelian Pop - 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/