Re: [PATCH] Mention Intel Atom in Kconfig.cpu

[Andi Kleen]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:18:48AM -0400, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:28:06 +0200
> Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > "Phil Endecott" <phil_wueww_endecott@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > 
> > > Am I right in thinking that CONFIG_MCORE2 is the correct choice for
> > > an Intel Atom? 
> > 
> > No, Atom is completely different from a Core2.
> > 
> > Right now 586 or 686 is a reasonable choice.
> 
> actually 586 is completely wrong.

It is nearest in scheduling at least. You'll lose CMOV, but that's
not a big loss.

> Core2 instruction set with tune=generic is still the best to set.

Not sure that is true. These option are mostly for the compiler.

-Andi

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