Re: [BUG] x86 kenel won't boot under Virtual PC

[H. Peter Anvin]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> The issue at hand is that at least with the current toolchain, we need 
> to pass -march=generic in order for these instructions to be generated. 
>  We have an option for this, CONFIG_X86_GENERIC, which distributions 
> really *should* be using anyway.

That should have been "-mtune=generic".  Sorry.

> And yes, it should be the default.  The patch I have makes it
> "default y" as well as change the help text.
>
> Would it make you happier if this option was forced enabled unless 
> CONFIG_EMBEDDED was on?

I guess the other option is to create a new option for selecting the 
dangerous -mtune= variants, and possibly lock *that* option to 
CONFIG_EMBEDDED.

	-hpa
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