Re: [PATCH] 2.6 workaround for Athlon/Opteron prefetch errata

[Andi Kleen]

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:22:16 +0200
Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> 
> But even CONFIG_X86_GENERIC doesn't do what you expect. A kernel 
> compiled for Athlon wouldn't run on a Pentium 4 even with 
> CONFIG_X86_GENERIC.

It does. Just try it.

> 
> Quoting arch/i386/Kconfig in -test5:
> 
> <--  snip  -->
> 
> config X86_USE_3DNOW
>         bool
>         depends on MCYRIXIII || MK7
>         default y

That's obsolete and could be removed. All 3dnow! code is dynamically patched depending on the CPUID.

-Andi
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