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-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/Kconfig27
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/Makefile4
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