Re: [PATCH] [4/50] x86: add cpu codenames for Kconfig.cpu

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To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...>, <oliver.pntr@...>, <patches@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 10:23 am

On Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 08:57:24AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

 > > This seems like yet another list that will need to be perpetually
 > > kept up to date, and given 99% of users don't know the codename
 > > of their core, just the marketing name, I question its value.
 > 
 > As a bare minimum requirement the list presented here shall use same
 > names as used in /proc/cpuinfo
 > 
 > On this box I read:
 > 
 > vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
 > model name	: Pentium III (Coppermine)

There are *dozens* of possible entries here, and always new ones.
The list will become so cumbersome that searching for the name
through the help text of each possible option will become a
really boring task, that I doubt anyone will seriously do.

	Dave

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[PATCH] [0/50] x86 2.6.24 patches review II, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:31 pm)
[PATCH] [50/50] x86_64: Remove fpu io port resource, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [42/50] i386: constify wd_ops, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [40/50] i386: Fix section mismatch, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [36/50] x86: Use raw locks during oopses, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [34/50] i386: Fix argument signedness warnings, Jan Engelhardt, (Sat Sep 22, 6:01 am)
[PATCH] [30/50] x86_64: remove some dead code, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [28/50] i386: remove stub early_printk.c, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [22/50] i386: Misc cpuinit annotations, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [21/50] i386: Misc cpuinit annotations, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [17/50] x86_64: remove STR() macros, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [6/50] i386: clean up oops/bug reports, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [6/50] i386: clean up oops/bug reports, Chuck Ebbert, (Fri Sep 21, 6:41 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [6/50] i386: clean up oops/bug reports, Jan Engelhardt, (Sat Sep 22, 5:47 am)
[PATCH] [8/50] x86_64: remove x86_cpu_to_log_apicid, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [5/50] i386: change order in Kconfig.cpu, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [4/50] x86: add cpu codenames for Kconfig.cpu, Thomas Gleixner, (Sat Sep 22, 1:50 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [4/50] x86: add cpu codenames for Kconfig.cpu, Dave Jones, (Sat Sep 22, 10:23 am)
Re: [PATCH] [4/50] x86: add cpu codenames for Kconfig.cpu, Jan Engelhardt, (Sat Sep 22, 5:46 am)
[PATCH] [3/50] x86_64: remove never used apic_mapped, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)