Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Athlon optimized kernels? | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 02 Oct 2001 09:47:05 -0400 |
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On Tue, 2001-10-02 at 05:56, DevilKin wrote: > Hello All, > > I presume that this has been asked here numerous times before, but I'm on a > rather limited internet connection (besides mail, that is) and well... > > I've been hearing a lot here lately about optimized kernels for Athlons. Is > this a kernel patch of some sort? And where can I find it - as I have a > thunderbird system, I would love to try those out and help finding bugs in > it!
No, Athlon optimized means you enabled CONFIG_MK7. See `make xconfig' -> Processor Type and Features -> CPU Type
This enables Athlon-specific features where appropriate, and instructs gcc to compile for an Athlon CPU.
-- Robert M. Love rml at ufl.edu rml at tech9.net
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