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From: The Doctor What <docwhat@gerf.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: About Celeron processor memory barrier problem
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 01:19:15 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001225011915.A26662@gerf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20001224125023.A1900@scutter.internal.splhi.com> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10012241410240.4404-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10012241410240.4404-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 02:25:54PM -0800

* Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com) [001224 16:27]:
> One thing we _could_ potentially do is to simplify the CPU selection a
> bit, and make it a two-stage process. Basically have a
> 
> 	bool "Optimize for current CPU" CONFIG_CPU_CURRENT
> 
> which most people who just want to get the best kernel would use. Less
> confusion that way.

Good Lord, YES!  And while we're at it, how about a:
        "Build into kernel every module for hardware I have..."

That'd make a 'make config' one line....

(I'll go back to dreaming)

Ciao!

-- 
Excusing bad programming is a shooting offence, no matter _what_ the circumstances.
	-- Linus Torvalds (linux-kernel mailing list)

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2000-12-25  7:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-12-23  9:24 About Celeron processor memory barrier problem michael chen
2000-12-23 11:04 ` Erik Mouw
2000-12-23 17:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2000-12-23 23:27   ` Erik Mouw
2000-12-24  9:45     ` Jeffrey Rose
2000-12-24 11:48       ` Erik Mouw
2000-12-23 23:36   ` Matthias Schniedermeyer
2000-12-24  9:36   ` Kai Henningsen
2000-12-24 20:50     ` Tim Wright
2000-12-24 22:25       ` Linus Torvalds
2000-12-25  2:38         ` Tim Wright
2000-12-25  7:19         ` The Doctor What [this message]
2000-12-26  1:40         ` Alan Cox
2000-12-26 18:14           ` Linus Torvalds
2000-12-26 22:31             ` Rogier Wolff
2001-01-01 11:55         ` Riley Williams
2000-12-25 11:12       ` Kai Henningsen
2000-12-25 19:37         ` Ian Stirling
2000-12-26 20:38         ` Pavel Machek
2000-12-26  0:15       ` Albert D. Cahalan
2000-12-23 22:34 ` Pavel Machek
     [not found] <fa.gm0b5nv.1h2mope@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.n7l96dv.2nah0l@ifi.uio.no>
2000-12-26 19:24   ` Giacomo Catenazzi

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