From: Austin S Hemmelgarn <ahferroin7@gmail.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Linux-Kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
x86@kernel.org, Linux Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] x86: add kconfig options for newer 64-bit processors
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:20:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52653847.1050606@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131021135917.GA6117@nazgul.tnic>
On 2013-10-21 09:59, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>
> This doesn't really make much sense because the single biggest
> build target is distros with a single system image which is
> supposed to run as optimally as possible on any x86 hardware.
>
> So specialized builds are only for Gentoo users and others who
> build customized kernels. And those who can do that, can also apply
> this patch to their own tree.
>
By this same logic though, none of the x86 processor tuning options
currently in the kernel should have been put in in the first place
(and, taking it to an extreme, should in fact be removed).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-21 14:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-20 0:37 [PATCHv2] x86: add kconfig options for newer 64-bit processors Austin S Hemmelgarn
2013-10-20 8:17 ` Richard Weinberger
2013-10-20 9:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-20 23:58 ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2013-10-21 10:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-21 11:44 ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2013-10-21 13:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-21 14:20 ` Austin S Hemmelgarn [this message]
2013-10-22 8:23 ` Borislav Petkov
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