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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH] x86: Cleanup Kconfig
On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 09:41:32AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
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> > select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST if X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
>
> Btw., could we (in a separate patch) turn this into:
>
> > select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
>
> x86 systems without an APIC are rare and rarely tested, we are better off
> simplifying our clockevents layout.

There's a ton of code in arch/x86 for cpus that don't have apic.
Anything Cyrix pre-VIA buy out, Anything AMD pre Athlon,
did Intel have apic on 486 ? Transmeta ?

I'm all for abandoning support for 2 decade old junk, but given how
long it took to drop 386, I wouldn't be surprised if there are still
a lot of 586 era people still out there playing doom and wearing
clothes that are about to come back into fashion.

Dave



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