* Basil Chupin (blchupin@iinet.net.au) [20090118 04:37]:
brand.model. Perhaps there could be a module which could be selected by the user and then used by the kernel to get max. performance without having to recompile the kernel.
That isn't possible. There is no single place where compiling for a specific CPU model will speed up the system siginificantly. The speedup comes from using CPU instructions not present in other models and from reordering instructions as it fits the given CPU model best. Specially the kernel with it's hand crafted ASM code will not profit notably from model specific compilation. (i.e. speedup beyond ~15%).
For example, the default pae kernel installed here has the CPU Family set to generic 586 and I had to reset it to Athlon when recompiling it.
Do yourself and us the favor and compile the kernel both for the default i586 and your Athlon and then run your tests and post the numbers. I believe the difference will not be worth the effort. Every kernel package increases the work of developers and enlarges the test matrix. So we'll try to keep the number of kernels as low as possible. Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org