Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config strangeness

[Jack <ostroffjh@users.sourceforge.net>]

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On 8/2/19 8:52 PM, Adam Carter wrote:
>
>     First, I finally figured out this is not really important for me.
>     "Supported Processor types" is ONLY for 32 bits.
>
>
> When i remove Processor type and features  --->  [*] Supported 
> processor vendors  ---> [ ]   Support AMD processors 
> (CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD) it removes features relevant to 64 bit CPUs;
>
> # diff .config .config-gold | grep ^\>
> > CONFIG_X86_CPU_RESCTRL=y
> > CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD=y
> > # CONFIG_GART_IOMMU is not set
> > CONFIG_X86_MCE_AMD=y
> > CONFIG_X86_MCE_THRESHOLD=y
> > CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS_AMD_POWER=y
> > CONFIG_MICROCODE=y
> > # CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL is not set
> > CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD=y
> > CONFIG_MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE=y
> > # CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT is not set
> > CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB=y
> > CONFIG_X86_AMD_FREQ_SENSITIVITY=y
> > CONFIG_AMD_NB=y
> > CONFIG_SENSORS_K10TEMP=m
> > CONFIG_SENSORS_FAM15H_POWER=m
> > CONFIG_AGP_AMD64=y
> > CONFIG_EDAC_DECODE_MCE=y
> > CONFIG_EDAC_AMD64=m
> > # CONFIG_EDAC_AMD64_ERROR_INJECTION is not set

Are you sure those settings are "=y" or "=m") in the other file, and not 
just simply not present?  Changing that one setting may only have 
altered whether those other settings are explicitly included in the 
.config file, and not their value.

Jack


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