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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Set cpu explicitly in kernel compiles
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Dan Malek writes:

> What about cores that aren't CONFIG_6xx (8xx, 4xx, e500, etc.)?

Well, what about them?  I didn't change anything for them (except to
remove the -mstring).  What -mcpu or -mtune options do you want for them?

> How about we create a CONFIG_GCC_CPUOPT and
> CONFIG_AS_OPT, and just get these out of the configuration file?

No.  We already have enough configuration questions that are
unanswerable by ordinary mortals.

Paul.