Re: [1/4] better i386 CPU selection

[aeriksson]

> > 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.
> 
> What problems exacly are you referring to?
> 
> Besides the AMD Elan cpufreq driver I see nothing where CONFIG_MELAN
> gave you any real difference (except your highest goal is to avoid a
> recompilation when switching from the Pentium 4 to the AMD Elan - but I
> doubt the really "prevents development").
> 
> But I'm not religious about this issue. Let Robert decide, the Elan 
> support is his child.
> 

I guess some code to dynamically check for AMD ELAN would make the time drift problem go away, right? I did notice a description of how to detect an elan in one of the elan manuals. That stuff does not seem to have made its way into the kernel, has it? Should it?

/A

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