Re: [RFC] Re: nozomi version 2.1d for review

2007-11-25 Thread Michael Lothian
Hi Frank I was wondering if you had a git tree somewhere I could pull. Thanks Mike On 11/11/2007, Frank Seidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > this one also holds the - little reworked and optimized - > cleanup of the read/write_mem32 functions. > > Comments and any feedback is more

Re: [RFC] Re: nozomi version 2.1d for review

2007-11-25 Thread Michael Lothian
Hi Frank I was wondering if you had a git tree somewhere I could pull. Thanks Mike On 11/11/2007, Frank Seidel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, this one also holds the - little reworked and optimized - cleanup of the read/write_mem32 functions. Comments and any feedback is more than

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
> > Half the time it's easier doing a lsmod when booted on a livecd and > > trying to figure out what options are required from the module names > > which sometime can be just as tricky. > > Sure, distributions already have solved this and you can use their > work. I like compiling my own kernel

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
> What exactly is irritating? > Please name the problems so that they can be fixed. > > > Detecting the cpu and using march=native could be all part of that > > You don't need march=native for this. > > You have to set the right config option for your CPU and you > automatically get the right

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
On 25/10/2007, Gabriel C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Lothian wrote: > >> The MPENTIUM4 option does not only set -march=pentium4, it also enables > >> several other options in arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu resulting in better > >> performance. > > &g

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
> The MPENTIUM4 option does not only set -march=pentium4, it also enables > several other options in arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu resulting in better > performance. How about an autodetect to set the right options here too using cpuid? With a warning of course that the code produced will be

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
On 25/10/2007, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 08:09:56PM +0100, Michael Lothian wrote: > > Actually I changed the Makefile.cpu and changed the -march to native > > which did slightly change the size of the kernel (slightly larger I > >

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
Actually I changed the Makefile.cpu and changed the -march to native which did slightly change the size of the kernel (slightly larger I think) So what else does that option change? Mike On 25/10/2007, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 07:33:35PM +0100

Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
Hi I was wondering if it was possible to add -march=native support to the processor options of the new x86 architecture if gcc 4.2 or greater is being used. I'm not suggesting this should be a default at all, merely an extra option similar to selecting P4, Athlon or even -Os. I've manually

Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
Hi I was wondering if it was possible to add -march=native support to the processor options of the new x86 architecture if gcc 4.2 or greater is being used. I'm not suggesting this should be a default at all, merely an extra option similar to selecting P4, Athlon or even -Os. I've manually

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
Actually I changed the Makefile.cpu and changed the -march to native which did slightly change the size of the kernel (slightly larger I think) So what else does that option change? Mike On 25/10/2007, Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 07:33:35PM +0100, Michael

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
On 25/10/2007, Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 08:09:56PM +0100, Michael Lothian wrote: Actually I changed the Makefile.cpu and changed the -march to native which did slightly change the size of the kernel (slightly larger I think) So what else does

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
The MPENTIUM4 option does not only set -march=pentium4, it also enables several other options in arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu resulting in better performance. How about an autodetect to set the right options here too using cpuid? With a warning of course that the code produced will be specifically

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
On 25/10/2007, Gabriel C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Lothian wrote: The MPENTIUM4 option does not only set -march=pentium4, it also enables several other options in arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu resulting in better performance. How about an autodetect to set the right options here too

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
What exactly is irritating? Please name the problems so that they can be fixed. Detecting the cpu and using march=native could be all part of that You don't need march=native for this. You have to set the right config option for your CPU and you automatically get the right compiler

Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Lothian
Half the time it's easier doing a lsmod when booted on a livecd and trying to figure out what options are required from the module names which sometime can be just as tricky. Sure, distributions already have solved this and you can use their work. I like compiling my own kernel it's just

Merging Nozomi Driver

2007-07-14 Thread Michael Lothian
Hi I was wondering if there are any plans to merge the Nozomi driver which has been living in mm for quite a while now into the main line kernel. I spoke about this a wee bitafter rc1 of 2.6.22 but I´m not sure if the discussed clean up was ever implemented I´d be greatful for any info Thanks

Merging Nozomi Driver

2007-07-14 Thread Michael Lothian
Hi I was wondering if there are any plans to merge the Nozomi driver which has been living in mm for quite a while now into the main line kernel. I spoke about this a wee bitafter rc1 of 2.6.22 but I´m not sure if the discussed clean up was ever implemented I´d be greatful for any info Thanks

Re: NVidia Driver Support - 1680x1050 mode

2007-06-27 Thread Michael Lothian
I would probably have recommended an Intel chipset they have truly open drivers which are coming along an absolute treat. Hopefully the Neuveau drivers will get to a usable stage soon and the r300 (for radeon cards) will start to support r400 and r500 cards, Mike On 27/06/07, Marc Perkel

Re: NVidia Driver Support - 1680x1050 mode

2007-06-27 Thread Michael Lothian
I would probably have recommended an Intel chipset they have truly open drivers which are coming along an absolute treat. Hopefully the Neuveau drivers will get to a usable stage soon and the r300 (for radeon cards) will start to support r400 and r500 cards, Mike On 27/06/07, Marc Perkel [EMAIL

Re: NVidia Driver Support - 1680x1050 mode

2007-06-26 Thread Michael Lothian
OK where to start? Firstly this is really the wrong list your writing to. Chances are you'll be wanting to ask your question at http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s==14 if your using the Nvidia Blob otherwise if your using the 2D only NV driver then you should really aim your

Re: NVidia Driver Support - 1680x1050 mode

2007-06-26 Thread Michael Lothian
OK where to start? Firstly this is really the wrong list your writing to. Chances are you'll be wanting to ask your question at http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=forumid=14 if your using the Nvidia Blob otherwise if your using the 2D only NV driver then you should really aim

Re: [patch] CFS scheduler, -v13

2007-05-18 Thread Michael Lothian
Just thought I'd let you know that CFS is working on the PS3 neutrino boot # dmesg Using PS3 machine description Page orders: linear mapping = 24, virtual = 12, io = 12 Starting Linux PPC64 #1 SMP Fri May 18 09:26:38 UTC 2007 - ppc64_pft_size

Re: [patch] CFS scheduler, -v13

2007-05-18 Thread Michael Lothian
Just thought I'd let you know that CFS is working on the PS3 neutrino boot # dmesg Using PS3 machine description Page orders: linear mapping = 24, virtual = 12, io = 12 Starting Linux PPC64 #1 SMP Fri May 18 09:26:38 UTC 2007 - ppc64_pft_size