Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759657AbYJMNSz (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:18:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755351AbYJMNSr (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:18:47 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:60427 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755209AbYJMNSq (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:18:46 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:18:48 -0400 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Andi Kleen Cc: "Phil Endecott" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Mention Intel Atom in Kconfig.cpu Message-ID: <20081013091848.7dcdaaac@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <87zll8r86h.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> References: <1223895506638@dmwebmail.dmwebmail.chezphil.org> <87zll8r86h.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.12; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 828 Lines: 25 On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:28:06 +0200 Andi Kleen wrote: > "Phil Endecott" writes: > > > Am I right in thinking that CONFIG_MCORE2 is the correct choice for > > an Intel Atom? > > No, Atom is completely different from a Core2. > > Right now 586 or 686 is a reasonable choice. actually 586 is completely wrong. Core2 instruction set with tune=generic is still the best to set. -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- 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/