Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761075AbYJMNYW (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:24:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754050AbYJMNYO (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:24:14 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:42967 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753436AbYJMNYN (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:24:13 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:30:51 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Andi Kleen , Phil Endecott , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] Mention Intel Atom in Kconfig.cpu Message-ID: <20081013133051.GL12131@one.firstfloor.org> References: <1223895506638@dmwebmail.dmwebmail.chezphil.org> <87zll8r86h.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <20081013091848.7dcdaaac@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081013091848.7dcdaaac@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 956 Lines: 31 On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:18:48AM -0400, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > 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. It is nearest in scheduling at least. You'll lose CMOV, but that's not a big loss. > Core2 instruction set with tune=generic is still the best to set. Not sure that is true. These option are mostly for the compiler. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- 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/