From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [103.22.144.67]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3shmm90cCmzDrPk for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2016 22:35:53 +1000 (AEST) From: Anton Blanchard To: benh@kernel.crashing.org, paulus@samba.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au, npiggin@gmail.com Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc: Set default CPU type to POWER8 for little endian builds Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 22:35:41 +1000 Message-Id: <1474806941-5006-2-git-send-email-anton@ozlabs.org> In-Reply-To: <1474806941-5006-1-git-send-email-anton@ozlabs.org> References: <1474806941-5006-1-git-send-email-anton@ozlabs.org> List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Anton Blanchard We supported POWER7 CPUs for bootstrapping little endian, but the target was always POWER8. Now that POWER7 specific issues are impacting performance, change the default target to POWER8. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard --- arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype index f32edec..fa06676 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ endchoice choice prompt "CPU selection" depends on PPC64 + default POWER8_CPU if CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN default GENERIC_CPU help This will create a kernel which is optimised for a particular CPU. -- 2.7.4