Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Option better in Kernel Processor family
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:22:08
Message-Id: pan.2007.04.09.23.56.30@cox.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Option better in Kernel Processor family by agtdino
1 agtdino <agtdino@××××××××.es> posted 1176133179.32538.5.camel@gentoo64,
2 excerpted below, on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:39:39 +0200:
3
4 > Hello, what is the better option 1 or 4 for an x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64
5 > Processor 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
6 >
7 > 1. AMD-Opteron/Athlon64 ( Mk8 ) or
8 > 4. Generic-x86-64
9 >
10 > for default is 4 selected but perhaps is the first option most
11 > optimized.
12
13 As Fabio says, 1 is better. 4 works, but can't optimize instructions as
14 well so may be slightly slower on true AMD64. 1 would be for kernels
15 built to load on both Intel and AMD x86_64, and is thus the default.
16
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