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jgascon
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 Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:05 pm Post subject: Best Option for Processor Family AMD K10 in Kernel Config |
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What is the best option for processor family in the the kernel config for a AMD Phenom, since Phenom is AMD K10, Generic x86-64 or Opteron/Athlon/Hammer/K8?
The help for Generic x86-64 says so:
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Run equally well on all x86-64 CPUs.
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And the help for K8:
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Select this for an AMD Opteron or Athlon64 Hammer-family processor.
│ Enables use of some extended instructions, and passes appropriate
│ optimization flags to GCC.
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What you think is the best for K10?
Thanks in advance 
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John R. Graham
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Already answered on your original thread. Boot the install CD and run
which will tell you the exact parameters of your CPU. You can then look up well tested optimal CFLAGS on the Safe CFLAGS page of the Gentoo Linux Wiki.
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jgascon
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, John, for the answer, but I'm talking about the kernel config not about the CFLAGS.
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localhost linux # cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor
stepping : 3
microcode : 0x1000083
cpu MHz : 2500.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock
bogomips : 5010.45
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate
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John R. Graham
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Ahh, sorry. There's less readily available information for that choice. k8 may be your best bet according to this thread.
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gerard27
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:43 am Post subject: |
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In my box I have an AMD Phenom x4 925.
I use "amdfam10" for years.
Gerard.
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John R. Graham
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That's not a selectable option in the kernel config, which is what the OP was asking about. I made the same mistake.
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gerard27
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You're right John.
For the kernel there's only K8.
Gerard.
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Ant P.
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| Use K8, or preferably a custom kernel with the -march=native patchset. |
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