Generic x86 support in 2.5.70-bk

Generic x86 support in 2.5.70-bk

[khromy]

Generic x86 support (X86_GENERIC) [N/y/?] (NEW) ?

Including some tuning for non selected x86 CPUs too.
when it has moderate overhead. This is intended for generic 
distributions kernels.

^-- Am I the only one confused by this description?

-- 
L1:	khromy		;khromy (at) lnuxlab.ath.cx

Re: Generic x86 support in 2.5.70-bk

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 02:25:32PM -0400, khromy wrote:
> Generic x86 support (X86_GENERIC) [N/y/?] (NEW) ?
> Including some tuning for non selected x86 CPUs too.
> when it has moderate overhead. This is intended for generic 
> distributions kernels.
> ^-- Am I the only one confused by this description?

It'll boot on a "wider" variety of machines, for some unspecified but
valuable-to-distros value of "wider".


-- wli

Re: Generic x86 support in 2.5.70-bk

[Bill Davidsen]

On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, khromy wrote:

> Generic x86 support (X86_GENERIC) [N/y/?] (NEW) ?
> 
> Including some tuning for non selected x86 CPUs too.
> when it has moderate overhead. This is intended for generic 
> distributions kernels.
> 
> ^-- Am I the only one confused by this description?

The second sentence was mangled when it was machine translated from the
original Klingon ;-)

Seriously, it doesn't parse. I can't decide if "when" in that sentence is
the wrong word, or if it snuck in uncapitalized and shouldn't be there at
all. I don't feel to "too" in the first sentence belongs, it doesn't refer
to several things.

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

[TRIV-PATCH] Better CONFIG_X86_GENERIC description (was: Re: Generic x86 support in 2.5.70-bk)

[Stewart Smith]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 02:25:32PM -0400, khromy wrote:
> Generic x86 support (X86_GENERIC) [N/y/?] (NEW) ?
> ^-- Am I the only one confused by this description?

No, it's a bit funny (no, not ha-ha funny). Maybe this is a bit clearer?


--- linux-2.5.70-bk11-orig/arch/i386/Kconfig	2003-06-06 23:55:43.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-2.5.70-bk11stew1/arch/i386/Kconfig	2003-06-07 17:11:16.000000000 +1000
@@ -289,9 +289,13 @@
 config X86_GENERIC
        bool "Generic x86 support" 
        help
-       	  Including some tuning for non selected x86 CPUs too.
-	  when it has moderate overhead. This is intended for generic 
-	  distributions kernels.
+	  Instead of just including optimizations for the selected
+	  x86 variant (e.g. PII, Crusoe or Athlon), include some more
+	  generic optimizations as well. This will make the kernel
+	  perform better on x86 CPUs other than that selected.
+
+	  This is really intended for distributors who need more
+	  generic optimizations.
 
 #
 # Define implied options from the CPU selection here