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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 22:38:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: LINT CPU features table
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On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Lucky Green wrote:

> Mike Silbersack wrote:
> > For most cpus, there is little to be gained by fiddling with
> > cpu specific options.  Hence, there is little reason to
> > provide a complex table; having all cpu types enabled as in
> > GENERIC is just fine.
>
> If only a few CPU's would benefit from the CPU-specific options,
> creating a table of CPU options for those few CPU's should be all the
> simpler. What I am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
> --Lucky

IMHO, the performance benefits are so small, that it's best to not even
concern people with making cpu-specific kernels.

CPU-specific compiler options might actually make a difference, but those
tend to create kernels that crash.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack


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