mirror of https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Rusty Trivial Russell <trivial@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [TRIVIAL] [resend patch] CONFIG_X86_GENERIC description fixup
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 13:26:41 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030904033019.794AD2C0B1@lists.samba.org> (raw)

From:  Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.org.au>

  as per thread on lkml a little while ago, a better explanation
  of the X86_GENERIC config option follows. The person who questioned
  it originally seemed to like this improved version, so that's one point :)
  
  

--- trivial-2.6.0-test4-bk5/arch/i386/Kconfig.orig	2003-09-04 13:02:02.000000000 +1000
+++ trivial-2.6.0-test4-bk5/arch/i386/Kconfig	2003-09-04 13:02:02.000000000 +1000
@@ -303,9 +303,13 @@
 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
-- 
  What is this? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/trivial/
  Don't blame me: the Monkey is driving
  File: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.org.au>: [resend patch] CONFIG_X86_GENERIC description fixup

             reply	other threads:[~2003-09-04  3:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-04  3:26 Rusty Trivial Russell [this message]
2003-09-04 12:20 ` Dave Jones
2003-09-05  0:15   ` Rusty Russell
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-07-21 11:24 Rusty Trivial Russell
2003-07-07  7:57 Rusty Trivial Russell
2003-06-23  7:19 Rusty Trivial Russell

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20030904033019.794AD2C0B1@lists.samba.org \
    --to=trivial@rustcorp.com.au \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=torvalds@transmeta.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox

Powered by JetHome