From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754155AbYIHQNk (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:13:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753280AbYIHQNa (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:13:30 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:33554 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752625AbYIHQN3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:13:29 -0400 Message-ID: <48C54F1B.8040604@zytor.com> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:13:15 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: Andi Kleen , linux@sandersweb.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, the arch/x86 maintainers , Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [BUG] x86 kenel won't boot under Virtual PC References: <200808311422.12525.linux@sandersweb.net> <200809071922.32974.linux@sandersweb.net> <48C48467.40703@zytor.com> <200809072249.17280.linux@sandersweb.net> <48C4A46B.90705@zytor.com> <20080908154535.GL26079@one.firstfloor.org> <48C54839.8050304@zytor.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds wrote: > > and I really don't think that changing the help text is the right solution > here. It may be "technically correct", but it is simply not user-friendly > or smart. > The issue at hand is that at least with the current toolchain, we need to pass -march=generic in order for these instructions to be generated. We have an option for this, CONFIG_X86_GENERIC, which distributions really *should* be using anyway. And yes, it should be the default. The patch I have makes it "default y" as well as change the help text. Would it make you happier if this option was forced enabled unless CONFIG_EMBEDDED was on? -hpa