From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262212AbTIOAA3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:00:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262298AbTIOAA2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:00:28 -0400 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:39437 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262212AbTIOAA1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:00:27 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: gatekeeper.tmr.com!davidsen From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Newsgroups: mail.linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6 workaround for Athlon/Opteron prefetch errata Date: 14 Sep 2003 23:51:26 GMT Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY Message-ID: References: <20030912182216.GK27368@fs.tum.de> <20030912202851.3529e7e7.ak@suse.de> X-Trace: gatekeeper.tmr.com 1063583486 16110 192.168.12.62 (14 Sep 2003 23:51:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@tmr.com Originator: davidsen@gatekeeper.tmr.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20030912202851.3529e7e7.ak@suse.de>, Andi Kleen wrote: | On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:22:16 +0200 | Adrian Bunk wrote: | | | > | > But even CONFIG_X86_GENERIC doesn't do what you expect. A kernel | > compiled for Athlon wouldn't run on a Pentium 4 even with | > CONFIG_X86_GENERIC. | | It does. Just try it. | | > | > Quoting arch/i386/Kconfig in -test5: | > | > <-- snip --> | > | > config X86_USE_3DNOW | > bool | > depends on MCYRIXIII || MK7 | > default y | | That's obsolete and could be removed. All 3dnow! code is dynamically patched depending on the CPUID. And if that isn't all in init it's another good target for getting rid of bloat. You suggested people look for other places, here's one. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.