Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:18:13 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv2] x86: add kconfig options for newer 64-bit processors |
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On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 08:37:29PM -0400, Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote: > This patch adds options to specifically optimize for a number of newer > 64-bit microarchitectures; specifically, Intel's Nehalem, Westmere, > Ivy Bridge, and Sandy Bridge, and AMD's Family 10h, Bobcat, Jaguar, > Bulldozer, Piledriver, and Steamroller. This serves primarily as an > attempt to render this particular sub-menu up-to-date with respect to > the options offered by current versions of GCC.
I'm sorry but did I miss anything from the last time where we determined that those don't bring any sensible speedup and don't mean whit on distros?
Thanks.
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