Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 31 May 2002 01:15:19 +0200 | From | "J.A. Magallon" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86 cpu selection (first hack) |
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On 2002.05.31 Alan Cox wrote: >On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 23:50, J.A. Magallon wrote: >> - Make all and every cpu a checkbox, so you just say 'I want my kernel to >> support this and that CPU'. This kills the problem of the ordering, and >> adds one other advantage: you do not need to support intermediate CPUs, >> like 'i want my kernel to run ok on pentium-mmx (my firewall) and on >> p4 (my desktop). I will never run it on a PII, so do not include the >> hacks for PII'. And of course, 'If I run my p-mmx capable on a friend's >> PII and it eats his drive and burns his TV set, it is only _my_ fault'. > >How about > > 'Omit support for processors without an FPU' > 'Omit support for processors without working WP (386, Nexgen)' > 'Require the processor has a TSC' > >type questions ? >
But that requires people to know many hardware details... How the h**l do I know if my Transmeta or Cyrix or AMD has a TSC ?? Is that an intel specific thing or x86 ?? I just want a kernel that runs on my XXX brand 586. What is a TSC ??
I think it has to be done based on brand/model.
-- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:jamagallon@able.es Mandrake Linux release 8.3 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.19-pre9-jam1 #1 SMP jue may 30 00:48:49 CEST 2002 i686 - 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/
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