Re: [1/4] better i386 CPU selection

[Nick Piggin]

John Stoffel wrote:

> > > > > > "Adrian" == Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Adrian> The main effect is that better-i386-cpu-selection.patch makes
> Adrian> it easier for people who configure kernels that should work on
> Adrian> different CPU types. A user (= person compiling his own
> Adrian> kernel) does no longer need any deeper knowledge when
> Adrian> e.g. configuring a kernel that should run on both an Athlon
> Adrian> and a Pentium 4 - he simply selects all CPUs he wants to
> Adrian> support in his kernel.
>
> So a user who will only Run this kernel on a PIII for example, doesn't
> need to select *any* other kernels at all?  I think the Kconfig help
> screens need to be redone to make this clear.
>
> I enabled all the sub-processors because I wanted to make sure my
> kernel would boot no matter what.  It seems like I don't need that any
> more, right? 

At the top of the "Processor support" menu there is the line
"Select all processors your kernel should support". That sums
it up pretty well.

I might get your point better if you sent a patch.




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