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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@...>
Subject: Re: Option better in Kernel Processor family
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:56:30 +0000 (UTC)
agtdino <agtdino@...> posted 1176133179.32538.5.camel@gentoo64
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excerpted below, on  Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:39:39 +0200:

> Hello, what is the better option 1 or 4 for an x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64
> Processor 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
> 
> 1. AMD-Opteron/Athlon64 ( Mk8 ) or
> 4. Generic-x86-64
> 
> for default is 4 selected but perhaps is the first option most
> optimized.

As Fabio says, 1 is better.  4 works, but can't optimize instructions as 
well so may be slightly slower on true AMD64.  1 would be for kernels 
built to load on both Intel and AMD x86_64, and is thus the default.

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