Re: [1/4] better i386 CPU selection

[Andrew Morton]

"Richard B. Johnson" <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, cliff white wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 01:52:32 +0100
> > Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Changes:
> 
> > > - AMD Elan is a different subarch, you can't configure a kernel that
> > >   runs on both the AMD Elan and other i386 CPUs
> 
> NO! NO!  This prevents development of an AMD embeded system on an
> "ordinary" machine like this one (Pentium IV). The fact that the
> timer runs at a different speed means nothing, one just sets the
> workstation time every day. Please do NOT do this. It prevents
> important usage.

Can't you just configure it for some lower denominator such as 386?

I must say that I'm a bit wobbly about Adrian's recent patches, simply
because of the overall intrusiveness and conceptual changes which they
introduce.

Remind me again, what did they buy us?


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