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

[Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 06:45:39PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 12:32:02AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> 
>  > +	  Select this for:
>  > +	    Pentiums (Pentium 4, Pentium D, Celeron, Celeron D) corename:
>  > +		-Willamette
>  > +		-Northwood
>  > +		-Mobile Pentium 4
>  > +		-Mobile Pentium 4 M
>  > +		-Extreme Edition (Gallatin)
>  > +		-Prescott
>  > +		-Prescott 2M
>  > +		-Cedar Mill
>  > +		-Presler
>  > +		-Smithfiled
>  > +	    Xeons (Intel Xeon, Xeon MP, Xeon LV, Xeon MV) corename:
>  > +	    	-Foster
>  > +		-Prestonia
>  > +		-Gallatin
>  > +		-Nocona
>  > +		-Irwindale
>  > +		-Cranford
>  > +		-Potomac
>  > +		-Paxville
>  > +		-Dempsey
> 
> 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)

This info must be present in Kconfig text (help text) too.
I always have trouble selecting the right CPU before so I welcome this patch
that give me more info - and maybe a bit too much.

	Sam
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