Re: [PATCH] [4/50] x86: add cpu codenames for Kconfig.cpu

[Dave Jones]

On Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 08:57:24AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

 > > This seems like yet another list that will need to be perpetually
 > > kept up to date, and given 99% of users don't know the codename
 > > of their core, just the marketing name, I question its value.
 > 
 > As a bare minimum requirement the list presented here shall use same
 > names as used in /proc/cpuinfo
 > 
 > On this box I read:
 > 
 > vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
 > model name	: Pentium III (Coppermine)

There are *dozens* of possible entries here, and always new ones.
The list will become so cumbersome that searching for the name
through the help text of each possible option will become a
really boring task, that I doubt anyone will seriously do.

	Dave

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