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 tha

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 i

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 compi

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 specifically

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 tried

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 <[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=&forumid=14 if your using the Nvidia Blob otherwise if your using the 2D only NV driver then you should really aim you

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