From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Wilson Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 21:09:18 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] binary kernel module build flags Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org You shouldn't worry about A-step or B0-step processors unless you personally are still using them because you haven't gotten upgrades yet. I'd like to eliminate the compiler -ma-step option before gcc3 comes out, which means it won't be in the next compiler release. Meanwhile, if you must use A-step or B0-step processors, then you must use the -ma-step compiler option. Otherwise, I recommend using -mb-step for now, which will support B1 and higher processor steppings. The current round of OS releases are coming out with B step kernel support only by default, and A step support is provided with an optional kernel (TurboLinux) or not at all (Red Hat). Jim