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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86_64')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86_64/Kconfig | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86_64/Makefile | 4 |
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig index 5cb509dbffe..6eece27d579 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ endchoice choice prompt "Processor family" - default MK8 + default GENERIC_CPU config MK8 bool "AMD-Opteron/Athlon64" @@ -130,16 +130,31 @@ config MK8 Optimize for AMD Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8 CPUs. config MPSC - bool "Intel EM64T" + bool "Intel P4 / older Netburst based Xeon" help - Optimize for Intel Pentium 4 and Xeon CPUs with Intel - Extended Memory 64 Technology(EM64T). For details see + Optimize for Intel Pentium 4 and older Nocona/Dempsey Xeon CPUs + with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology(EM64T). For details see <http://www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/>. + Note the the latest Xeons (Xeon 51xx and 53xx) are not based on the + Netburst core and shouldn't use this option. You can distingush them + using the cpu family field + in /proc/cpuinfo. Family 15 is a older Xeon, Family 6 a newer one + (this rule only applies to system that support EM64T) + +config MCORE2 + bool "Intel Core2 / newer Xeon" + help + Optimize for Intel Core2 and newer Xeons (51xx) + You can distingush the newer Xeons from the older ones using + the cpu family field in /proc/cpuinfo. 15 is a older Xeon + (use CONFIG_MPSC then), 6 is a newer one. This rule only + applies to CPUs that support EM64T. config GENERIC_CPU bool "Generic-x86-64" help Generic x86-64 CPU. + Run equally well on all x86-64 CPUs. endchoice @@ -149,12 +164,12 @@ endchoice config X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES int default "128" if GENERIC_CPU || MPSC - default "64" if MK8 + default "64" if MK8 || MCORE2 config X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT int default "7" if GENERIC_CPU || MPSC - default "6" if MK8 + default "6" if MK8 || MCORE2 config X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES int diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Makefile b/arch/x86_64/Makefile index 6e38d4daeed..b471b8550d0 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/Makefile +++ b/arch/x86_64/Makefile @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ cflags-y := cflags-kernel-y := cflags-$(CONFIG_MK8) += $(call cc-option,-march=k8) cflags-$(CONFIG_MPSC) += $(call cc-option,-march=nocona) +# gcc doesn't support -march=core2 yet as of gcc 4.3, but I hope it +# will eventually. Use -mtune=generic as fallback +cflags-$(CONFIG_MCORE2) += \ + $(call cc-option,-march=core2,$(call cc-option,-mtune=generic)) cflags-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU) += $(call cc-option,-mtune=generic) cflags-y += -m64 |