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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-amd64]  Re: Option better in Kernel Processor family
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:56:30 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2007.04.09.23.56.30@cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1176133179.32538.5.camel@gentoo64

agtdino <agtdino@teleline.es> posted 1176133179.32538.5.camel@gentoo64,
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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      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-04-10  0:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-09 15:39 [gentoo-amd64] Option better in Kernel Processor family agtdino
2007-04-09 15:47 ` Fabio
2007-04-09 23:56 ` Duncan [this message]

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