From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 19:15:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 19:15:24 -0400 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:37573 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 19:15:24 -0400 Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 01:15:19 +0200 From: "J.A. Magallon" To: Alan Cox Cc: Lista Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 cpu selection (first hack) Message-ID: <20020530231519.GA5519@werewolf.able.es> In-Reply-To: <20020530225015.GA1829@werewolf.able.es> <1022803536.12888.405.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Mailer: Balsa 1.3.6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2002.05.31 Alan Cox wrote: >On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 23:50, J.A. Magallon wrote: >> - Make all and every cpu a checkbox, so you just say 'I want my kernel to >> support this and that CPU'. This kills the problem of the ordering, and >> adds one other advantage: you do not need to support intermediate CPUs, >> like 'i want my kernel to run ok on pentium-mmx (my firewall) and on >> p4 (my desktop). I will never run it on a PII, so do not include the >> hacks for PII'. And of course, 'If I run my p-mmx capable on a friend's >> PII and it eats his drive and burns his TV set, it is only _my_ fault'. > >How about > > 'Omit support for processors without an FPU' > 'Omit support for processors without working WP (386, Nexgen)' > 'Require the processor has a TSC' > >type questions ? > But that requires people to know many hardware details... How the h**l do I know if my Transmeta or Cyrix or AMD has a TSC ?? Is that an intel specific thing or x86 ?? I just want a kernel that runs on my XXX brand 586. What is a TSC ?? I think it has to be done based on brand/model. -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:jamagallon@able.es Mandrake Linux release 8.3 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.19-pre9-jam1 #1 SMP jue may 30 00:48:49 CEST 2002 i686