Add simple Core2 compilation support Mainly for the 64bit cache line sizes because gcc doesn't support optimizing for core2 yet. Also fix the old MPSC help text. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- arch/x86_64/Kconfig | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------ arch/x86_64/Makefile | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig +++ linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ endchoice choice prompt "Processor family" - default MK8 + default GENERIC_CPU config MK8 bool "AMD-Opteron/Athlon64" @@ -130,16 +130,31 @@ config MK8 Optimize for AMD Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8 CPUs. config MPSC - bool "Intel EM64T" + bool "Intel P4 / older Netburst based Xeon" help - Optimize for Intel Pentium 4 and Xeon CPUs with Intel - Extended Memory 64 Technology(EM64T). For details see + Optimize for Intel Pentium 4 and older Nocona/Dempsey Xeon CPUs + with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology(EM64T). For details see . + Note the the latest Xeons (Xeon 51xx and 53xx) are not based on the + Netburst core and shouldn't use this option. You can distingush them + using the cpu family field + in /proc/cpuinfo. Family 15 is a older Xeon, Family 6 a newer one + (this rule only applies to system that support EM64T) + +config MCORE2 + bool "Intel Core2 / newer Xeon" + help + Optimize for Intel Core2 and newer Xeons (51xx) + You can distingush the newer Xeons from the older ones using + the cpu family field in /proc/cpuinfo. 15 is a older Xeon + (use CONFIG_MPSC then), 6 is a newer one. This rule only + applies to CPUs that support EM64T. config GENERIC_CPU bool "Generic-x86-64" help Generic x86-64 CPU. + Run equally well on all x86-64 CPUs. endchoice @@ -149,12 +164,12 @@ endchoice config X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES int default "128" if GENERIC_CPU || MPSC - default "64" if MK8 + default "64" if MK8 || MCORE2 config X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT int default "7" if GENERIC_CPU || MPSC - default "6" if MK8 + default "6" if MK8 || MCORE2 config X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES int Index: linux/arch/x86_64/Makefile =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/Makefile +++ linux/arch/x86_64/Makefile @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ cflags-y := cflags-kernel-y := cflags-$(CONFIG_MK8) += $(call cc-option,-march=k8) cflags-$(CONFIG_MPSC) += $(call cc-option,-march=nocona) +# gcc doesn't support -march=core2 yet as of gcc 4.3, but I hope it +# will eventually. Use -mtune=generic as fallback +cflags-$(CONFIG_MCORE2) += \ + $(call cc-option,-march=core2,$(call cc-option,-mtune=generic)) cflags-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU) += $(call cc-option,-mtune=generic) cflags-y += -m64