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 AA81C1A02DF for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:41:44 +1100 (AEDT) In-Reply-To: <1444724227-24251-1-git-send-email-mpe@ellerman.id.au> To: Michael Ellerman , From: Michael Ellerman Cc: thuth@redhat.com Subject: Re: powerpc/cell: Drop CONFIG_TUNE_CELL in favour of CONFIG_CELL_CPU Message-Id: <20151021114144.8F7F2140DB4@ozlabs.org> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:41:44 +1100 (AEDT) List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 2015-13-10 at 08:17:07 UTC, Michael Ellerman wrote: > The TUNE_CELL option allows you to build a kernel that runs on multiple > CPUs but is tuned (ie. optimised) to run on Cell CPUs. Now days no one > is building a distro in that fashion, and any users who are building > custom kernels for their Cell machines are better off building with > CONFIG_CELL_CPU, which builds a kernel that only runs on Cell and > therefore can be optimised even more aggresively. > > Dropping the option also avoids confusing other users, who are presented > with an option to tune for Cell when they are not building for a Cell > CPU at all. > > Suggested-by: Thomas Huth > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Applied to powerpc next. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/bed08b7e1fa41eac214acb17 cheers