Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:30:51 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Mention Intel Atom in Kconfig.cpu |
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On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:18:48AM -0400, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:28:06 +0200 > Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote: > > > "Phil Endecott" <phil_wueww_endecott@chezphil.org> writes: > > > > > Am I right in thinking that CONFIG_MCORE2 is the correct choice for > > > an Intel Atom? > > > > No, Atom is completely different from a Core2. > > > > Right now 586 or 686 is a reasonable choice. > > actually 586 is completely wrong.
It is nearest in scheduling at least. You'll lose CMOV, but that's not a big loss.
> Core2 instruction set with tune=generic is still the best to set.
Not sure that is true. These option are mostly for the compiler.
-Andi
-- ak@linux.intel.com
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