From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B9BD138944 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 17:48:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91B0F21C0D7; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 17:48:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E8AFB21C00D for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 17:48:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MX0u4-1UPFxk3R8m-00Wf8j; Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:48:10 -0500 Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 11:48:07 -0600 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which CPU type to select? Message-ID: <20130209174807.GR30998@server> References: <20130209014808.GB11071@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130209014808.GB11071@waltdnes.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:YD63+0SDX/SH1GIj/maOLIKZqaNCbD9T7lbknCbPRhZ 3HvGFsqR5lV4YJe6Ams71JB3XClp8Owk8zoW1rTgU5T0HzCBcb 2KJmymqnhPB0aDNCy7RAahAU5btDBC8BH3RXRz/bFrNIaemaim BRcpwpUkD5RIMCDb87DIRFD0OKm8khzul993OyQz6IlPo+L07e YwVcG4oZpJq0hbQlzJaGt7GxwbFwLUhE7gPA7ciVtJWya2zIqV HpUwftGshG3ro/xC9itpLcGxXj9RYZM8yZbE49PQbMUSdxvLJP 5Mpp9hHRHwUCI+WLBy3n7r67fx5ycuV6R4eM+NWE+8DEyJhrK3 WtQhVe4Qp5OX6WNNEEjcDg5SemeOq63gBtTRl0zjz X-Archives-Salt: b70e6e09-2775-4522-99a7-5fbd3a1cde0c X-Archives-Hash: d4764c87cccd499074b3c1ab7d3c65ea On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 08:48:08PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > I'm installing Gentoo on a brand new toy I just got myself. Here are > the choices from "make menuconfig". Is "Core 2/newer Xeon" correct? > > ( ) Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8 > ( ) Intel P4 / older Netburst based Xeon > (X) Core 2/newer Xeon > ( ) Intel Atom > ( ) Generic-x86-64 > > Here's the listing for one of the cores from /proc/cpuinfo > > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 37 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz You can also use this patch which adds support for modern (>=gcc-4.6) CPU options to the kernel: http://www.linuxforge.net/linux/kernel/kernel-30rc5-gcc46-0.patch -- you can get Intel Core i7 and Intel Core i7 AVX choices in your kernel. Bruce -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting