Re: Pentium M config option for 2.6
From: Dave Jones
Date: Sun Jan 04 2004 - 11:52:38 EST
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 11:33:08AM -0500, Rob Love wrote:
> Yah. I was just answering in the abstract to the "does cache line
> matter on non-SMP" question.
>
> I actually like this patch (perhaps since I have a P-M :) and think it
> ought to go in, although I agree with others that the P-M is more of a
> super-P3 than a scaled down P4.
FWIW, I agree with it too on the grounds that its non obvious the optimal
setting is CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII. This seems cleaner IMO than changing the
helptext to read...
"Pentium II"
"Pentium III / Pentium 4M"
"Pentium 4"
My other mail may have sounded like I objected to the patch per se, I don't.
Dave
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Dave Jones http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
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