linux-kernel - Re: Promoting Crusoe and Geode Processors to i686 Status

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Message-ID: <4C880278.3060108@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:39:04 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Nick Lowe <nick.lowe@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Promoting Crusoe and Geode Processors to i686 Status

On 09/07/2010 05:27 PM, Nick Lowe wrote:
> 
> 2) Should there be the special case that forces the suboptimal
> -mtune=generic32 to work around the binutils NOPL bug or, as I think,
> should people just update to a sane binutils version? (It's a special
> case triggered where CONFIG_X86_P6_NOP is not set.)
> 

What's suboptimal about it?

	-hpa
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