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From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: DevilKin <devilkin@gmx.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Athlon optimized kernels?
Date: 02 Oct 2001 09:47:05 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1002030427.865.41.camel@phantasy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20011002115402.00ad1c88@pop.gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20011002115402.00ad1c88@pop.gmx.net>

On Tue, 2001-10-02 at 05:56, DevilKin wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I presume that this has been asked here numerous times before, but I'm on a 
> rather limited internet connection (besides mail, that is) and well...
> 
> I've been hearing a lot here lately about optimized kernels for Athlons. Is 
> this a kernel patch of some sort? And where can I find it - as I have a 
> thunderbird system, I would love to try those out and help finding bugs in
> it!

No, Athlon optimized means you enabled CONFIG_MK7.  See `make xconfig'
-> Processor Type and Features -> CPU Type

This enables Athlon-specific features where appropriate, and instructs
gcc to compile for an Athlon CPU.

-- 
Robert M. Love
rml at ufl.edu
rml at tech9.net


      parent reply	other threads:[~2001-10-02 13:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-02  9:56 Athlon optimized kernels? DevilKin
2001-10-02 13:43 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-02 13:47 ` Robert Love [this message]

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