Jeff Garzik wrote:

>
> This implies separating the concept of a "generic x86 kernel that 
> supports N CPU types" from "kernel supports one CPU type and one 
> only." The i386/config.in is currently a mishmash of both.  Dave Jones 
> did some work along these lines in his "cpuchoice" diff, which I have 
> attached.



....or rather, attached here.