Generic x86 support in 2.5.70-bk
Generic x86 support (X86_GENERIC) [N/y/?] (NEW) ?
Including some tuning for non selected x86 CPUs too. when it has moderate overhead. This is intended for generic distributions kernels.
^-- Am I the only one confused by this description?
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L1: khromy ;khromy (at) lnuxlab.ath.cx
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Generic x86 support (
X86_GENERIC) [N/y/?] (NEW) ? Including some tuning for non selected x86 CPUs too. when it has moderate overhead. This is intended for generic distributions kernels.
^-- Am I the only one confused by this description?
It'll boot on a "wider" variety of machines, for some unspecified but valuable-to-distros value of "wider".
-- wli
Quoted 7 lines · khromy
Generic x86 support (
X86_GENERIC) [N/y/?] (NEW) ?Including some tuning for non selected x86 CPUs too. when it has moderate overhead. This is intended for generic distributions kernels.
^-- Am I the only one confused by this description?
The second sentence was mangled when it was machine translated from the original Klingon ;-)
Seriously, it doesn't parse. I can't decide if "when" in that sentence is the wrong word, or if it snuck in uncapitalized and shouldn't be there at all. I don't feel to "too" in the first sentence belongs, it doesn't refer to several things.
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bill davidsen <[email protected]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
[TRIV-PATCH] Better CONFIG_X86_GENERIC description (was: Re: Generic x86 support in 2.5.70-bk)
In reply to khromyQuoted 2 lines · khromy
Generic x86 support (
X86_GENERIC) [N/y/?] (NEW) ? ^-- Am I the only one confused by this description?
No, it's a bit funny (no, not ha-ha funny). Maybe this is a bit clearer?
arch/i386/Kconfig +7 -3
@@ -289,9 +289,13 @@ config X86_GENERIC bool "Generic x86 support" help - Including some tuning for non selected x86 CPUs too. - when it has moderate overhead. This is intended for generic - distributions kernels. + Instead of just including optimizations for the selected + x86 variant (e.g. PII, Crusoe or Athlon), include some more + generic optimizations as well. This will make the kernel + perform better on x86 CPUs other than that selected. + + This is really intended for distributors who need more + generic optimizations. # # Define implied options from the CPU selection here