Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Sep 2003 13:46:47 +0200 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: RFC: [2.6 patch] better i386 CPU selection |
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On Sun, 2003-09-07 13:28:13 +0200, Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> wrote in message <20030907112813.GQ14436@fs.tum.de>: > There are two different needs: > 1. the installation kernel of a distribution should support all CPUs > this distribution supports (perhaps starting with the 386)
So far, no major distribution does support an i386. Basically, this has leaked in by some broken patch to libstdc++ which was not observed for a long time. To support i386, an additional emulator for additional i486 needs to be compiled-in, too. I had a short try to port Debian's patch into 2.6.x, but it oopsed :-> If I get some time, I'll finish that. Before we have thie i486-emu-for-i386 in, i386 support in the kernel doesn't make *any* sense on it's own...
> Changes: > - changed the i386 CPU selection from a choice to single options for > every cpu > - renamed the M* variables to CPU_*, this is needed to ask the users > upgrading from older kernels instead of silently changing the > semantics > - AMD Elan is a different subarch, you can't configure a kernel that > runs on both the AMD Elan and other i386 CPUs
Oh well, the Elan is a beasty thing:) However, I like your overall approach, though.
MfG, JBG
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