Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 26 Dec 2000 10:14:03 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: About Celeron processor memory barrier problem |
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On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > One thing we _could_ potentially do is to simplify the CPU selection a > > bit, and make it a two-stage process. Basically have a > > > > bool "Optimize for current CPU" CONFIG_CPU_CURRENT > > > > which most people who just want to get the best kernel would use. Less > > confusion that way. > > If we do that I'd rather see a make autoconfig that does the lot from > proc/pci etc 8)
Good point. No point in adding a new config option, we should just have a new configurator instead. Of course, it can't handle many of the questions, so it would still have to fall back on asking.
That _would_ be a nice addition eventually. It's a bigger project than the one I envisioned, though.
Linus
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