[mythtv-users] Re: AMD Kernel and Jarod's guide

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Tue Nov 2 11:19:30 UTC 2004


On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 01:52:28PM -0800, Yan-Fa Li wrote:
> Though it is possible to compile the kernel itself with Athlon 
> optimizations if that hasn't already been done by Axel.  This will of 
> course make the kernel unrunnable on non-AMD CPUs.

For 2.4 based distributions (e.g. up to FC1) there are athon optimized
kernels. For 2.6 common belief and practice has become to have one
kernel for i686 and athlon since the perfromance gains there are said
to be mostly marginal if any.
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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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