Re: [1/4] better i386 CPU selection

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:32:39PM -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, cliff white wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 01:52:32 +0100
> > Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Changes:
> 
> > > - AMD Elan is a different subarch, you can't configure a kernel that
> > >   runs on both the AMD Elan and other i386 CPUs
> 
> NO! NO!  This prevents development of an AMD embeded system on an
> "ordinary" machine like this one (Pentium IV). The fact that the
> timer runs at a different speed means nothing, one just sets the
> workstation time every day. Please do NOT do this. It prevents
> important usage.

What problems exacly are you referring to?

Besides the AMD Elan cpufreq driver I see nothing where CONFIG_MELAN
gave you any real difference (except your highest goal is to avoid a
recompilation when switching from the Pentium 4 to the AMD Elan - but I
doubt the really "prevents development").

But I'm not religious about this issue. Let Robert decide, the Elan 
support is his child.

> > > - added optimizing CFLAGS for the AMD Elan
> 
> There are no such different "optimizations" for ELAN.

What's wrong wih the -march=i486 Robert suggested?

> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson

cu
Adrian

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