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From: Jack <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config strangeness
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 02:53:48
Message-Id: 49b6150e-427e-c734-c9f0-dc8f67d31e37@users.sourceforge.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config strangeness by Adam Carter
1 On 8/2/19 8:52 PM, Adam Carter wrote:
2 >
3 > First, I finally figured out this is not really important for me.
4 > "Supported Processor types" is ONLY for 32 bits.
5 >
6 >
7 > When i remove Processor type and features  --->  [*] Supported
8 > processor vendors  ---> [ ]   Support AMD processors
9 > (CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD) it removes features relevant to 64 bit CPUs;
10 >
11 > # diff .config .config-gold | grep ^\>
12 > > CONFIG_X86_CPU_RESCTRL=y
13 > > CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD=y
14 > > # CONFIG_GART_IOMMU is not set
15 > > CONFIG_X86_MCE_AMD=y
16 > > CONFIG_X86_MCE_THRESHOLD=y
17 > > CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS_AMD_POWER=y
18 > > CONFIG_MICROCODE=y
19 > > # CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL is not set
20 > > CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD=y
21 > > CONFIG_MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE=y
22 > > # CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT is not set
23 > > CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB=y
24 > > CONFIG_X86_AMD_FREQ_SENSITIVITY=y
25 > > CONFIG_AMD_NB=y
26 > > CONFIG_SENSORS_K10TEMP=m
27 > > CONFIG_SENSORS_FAM15H_POWER=m
28 > > CONFIG_AGP_AMD64=y
29 > > CONFIG_EDAC_DECODE_MCE=y
30 > > CONFIG_EDAC_AMD64=m
31 > > # CONFIG_EDAC_AMD64_ERROR_INJECTION is not set
32
33 Are you sure those settings are "=y" or "=m") in the other file, and not
34 just simply not present?  Changing that one setting may only have
35 altered whether those other settings are explicitly included in the
36 .config file, and not their value.
37
38 Jack

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Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config strangeness Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>