Re: [PATCH] [4/50] x86: add cpu codenames for Kconfig.cpu

From: Dave Jones
Date: Sat Sep 22 2007 - 10:29:50 EST


On Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 08:57:24AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

> > This seems like yet another list that will need to be perpetually
> > kept up to date, and given 99% of users don't know the codename
> > of their core, just the marketing name, I question its value.
>
> As a bare minimum requirement the list presented here shall use same
> names as used in /proc/cpuinfo
>
> On this box I read:
>
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)

There are *dozens* of possible entries here, and always new ones.
The list will become so cumbersome that searching for the name
through the help text of each possible option will become a
really boring task, that I doubt anyone will seriously do.

Dave

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