The following commit has been merged into the x86/cpu branch of tip: Commit-ID: f388f60ca9041a95c9b3f157d316ed7c8f297e44 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/f388f60ca9041a95c9b3f157d316ed7c8f297e44 Author: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:37:08 +01:00 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:19:06 +01:00 x86/cpu: Drop configuration options for early 64-bit CPUs The x86 CPU selection menu is confusing for a number of reasons: When configuring 32-bit kernels, it shows a small number of early 64-bit microarchitectures (K8, Core 2) but not the regular generic 64-bit target that is the normal default. There is no longer a reason to run 32-bit kernels on production 64-bit systems, so only actual 32-bit CPUs need to be shown here. When configuring 64-bit kernels, the options also pointless as there is no way to pick any CPU from the past 15 years, leaving GENERIC_CPU as the only sensible choice. Address both of the above by removing the obsolete options and making all 64-bit kernels run on both Intel and AMD CPUs from any generation. Testing generic 32-bit kernels on 64-bit hardware remains possible, just not building a 32-bit kernel that requires a 64-bit CPU. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250226213714.4040853-5-arnd@xxxxxxxxxx --- arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu | 95 ++++---------------------------- arch/x86/Makefile | 16 +----- arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu | 5 +-- arch/x86/include/asm/vermagic.h | 4 +- drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig | 2 +- 5 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu index 42e6a40..8fcb8cc 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 # Put here option for CPU selection and depending optimization choice - prompt "Processor family" - default M686 if X86_32 - default GENERIC_CPU if X86_64 + prompt "x86-32 Processor family" + depends on X86_32 + default M686 help This is the processor type of your CPU. This information is used for optimizing purposes. In order to compile a kernel @@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ choice - "Pentium-4" for the Intel Pentium 4 or P4-based Celeron. - "K6" for the AMD K6, K6-II and K6-III (aka K6-3D). - "Athlon" for the AMD K7 family (Athlon/Duron/Thunderbird). - - "Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8" for all K8 and newer AMD CPUs. - "Crusoe" for the Transmeta Crusoe series. - "Efficeon" for the Transmeta Efficeon series. - "Winchip-C6" for original IDT Winchip. @@ -42,13 +41,10 @@ choice - "CyrixIII/VIA C3" for VIA Cyrix III or VIA C3. - "VIA C3-2" for VIA C3-2 "Nehemiah" (model 9 and above). - "VIA C7" for VIA C7. - - "Intel P4" for the Pentium 4/Netburst microarchitecture. - - "Core 2/newer Xeon" for all core2 and newer Intel CPUs. - "Intel Atom" for the Atom-microarchitecture CPUs. - - "Generic-x86-64" for a kernel which runs on any x86-64 CPU. See each option's help text for additional details. If you don't know - what to do, choose "486". + what to do, choose "Pentium-Pro". config M486SX bool "486SX" @@ -114,11 +110,11 @@ config MPENTIUMIII extensions. config MPENTIUMM - bool "Pentium M" + bool "Pentium M/Pentium Dual Core/Core Solo/Core Duo" depends on X86_32 help Select this for Intel Pentium M (not Pentium-4 M) - notebook chips. + "Merom" Core Solo/Duo notebook chips config MPENTIUM4 bool "Pentium-4/Celeron(P4-based)/Pentium-4 M/older Xeon" @@ -139,22 +135,10 @@ config MPENTIUM4 -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 - config MK6 bool "K6/K6-II/K6-III" @@ -172,13 +156,6 @@ config MK7 some extended instructions, and passes appropriate optimization flags to GCC. -config MK8 - bool "Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8" - help - Select this for an AMD Opteron or Athlon64 Hammer-family processor. - Enables use of some extended instructions, and passes appropriate - optimization flags to GCC. - config MCRUSOE bool "Crusoe" depends on X86_32 @@ -258,42 +235,14 @@ config MVIAC7 Select this for a VIA C7. Selecting this uses the correct cache shift and tells gcc to treat the CPU as a 686. -config MPSC - bool "Intel P4 / older Netburst based Xeon" - depends on X86_64 - help - Optimize for Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D and older Nocona/Dempsey - Xeon CPUs with Intel 64bit which is compatible with x86-64. - Note that the latest Xeons (Xeon 51xx and 53xx) are not based on the - Netburst core and shouldn't use this option. You can distinguish them - using the cpu family field - in /proc/cpuinfo. Family 15 is an older Xeon, Family 6 a newer one. - -config MCORE2 - bool "Core 2/newer Xeon" - help - - Select this for Intel Core 2 and newer Core 2 Xeons (Xeon 51xx and - 53xx) CPUs. You can distinguish newer from older Xeons by the CPU - family in /proc/cpuinfo. Newer ones have 6 and older ones 15 - (not a typo) - config MATOM bool "Intel Atom" help - Select this for the Intel Atom platform. Intel Atom CPUs have an in-order pipelining architecture and thus can benefit from accordingly optimized code. Use a recent GCC with specific Atom support in order to fully benefit from selecting this option. -config GENERIC_CPU - bool "Generic-x86-64" - depends on X86_64 - help - Generic x86-64 CPU. - Run equally well on all x86-64 CPUs. - endchoice config X86_GENERIC @@ -317,8 +266,8 @@ config X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_SHIFT config X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT int - default "7" if MPENTIUM4 || MPSC - default "6" if MK7 || MK8 || MPENTIUMM || MCORE2 || MATOM || MVIAC7 || X86_GENERIC || GENERIC_CPU + default "7" if MPENTIUM4 + default "6" if MK7 || MPENTIUMM || MATOM || MVIAC7 || X86_GENERIC || X86_64 default "4" if MELAN || M486SX || M486 || MGEODEGX1 default "5" if MWINCHIP3D || MWINCHIPC6 || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MK6 || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || M586MMX || M586TSC || M586 || MVIAC3_2 || MGEODE_LX @@ -336,35 +285,19 @@ config X86_ALIGNMENT_16 config X86_INTEL_USERCOPY def_bool y - depends on MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M586MMX || X86_GENERIC || MK8 || MK7 || MEFFICEON || MCORE2 + depends on MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M586MMX || X86_GENERIC || MK7 || MEFFICEON config X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM def_bool y - depends on MWINCHIP3D || MWINCHIPC6 || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MK8 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MEFFICEON || MGEODE_LX || MCORE2 || MATOM - -# -# P6_NOPs are a relatively minor optimization that require a family >= -# 6 processor, except that it is broken on certain VIA chips. -# Furthermore, AMD chips prefer a totally different sequence of NOPs -# (which work on all CPUs). In addition, it looks like Virtual PC -# does not understand them. -# -# As a result, disallow these if we're not compiling for X86_64 (these -# NOPs do work on all x86-64 capable chips); the list of processors in -# the right-hand clause are the cores that benefit from this optimization. -# -config X86_P6_NOP - def_bool y - depends on X86_64 - depends on (MCORE2 || MPENTIUM4 || MPSC) + depends on MWINCHIP3D || MWINCHIPC6 || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MEFFICEON || MGEODE_LX || MATOM config X86_TSC def_bool y - depends on (MWINCHIP3D || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || M586MMX || M586TSC || MK8 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MGEODEGX1 || MGEODE_LX || MCORE2 || MATOM) || X86_64 + depends on (MWINCHIP3D || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || M586MMX || M586TSC || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MGEODEGX1 || MGEODE_LX || MATOM) || X86_64 config X86_HAVE_PAE def_bool y - depends on MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MK8 || MVIAC7 || MCORE2 || MATOM || X86_64 + depends on MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MVIAC7 || MATOM || X86_64 config X86_CMPXCHG64 def_bool y @@ -374,12 +307,12 @@ config X86_CMPXCHG64 # generates cmov. config X86_CMOV def_bool y - depends on (MK8 || MK7 || MCORE2 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || X86_64 || MATOM || MGEODE_LX) + depends on (MK7 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MATOM || MGEODE_LX || X86_64) config X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY int default "64" if X86_64 - default "6" if X86_32 && (MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MEFFICEON || MATOM || MCORE2 || MK7 || MK8) + default "6" if X86_32 && (MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MEFFICEON || MATOM || MK7) default "5" if X86_32 && X86_CMPXCHG64 default "4" diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile index 5af3172..8120085 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Makefile +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile @@ -178,20 +178,8 @@ else # Use -mskip-rax-setup if supported. KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mskip-rax-setup) - # FIXME - should be integrated in Makefile.cpu (Makefile_32.cpu) - cflags-$(CONFIG_MK8) += -march=k8 - cflags-$(CONFIG_MPSC) += -march=nocona - cflags-$(CONFIG_MCORE2) += -march=core2 - cflags-$(CONFIG_MATOM) += -march=atom - cflags-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU) += -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic - KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y) - - rustflags-$(CONFIG_MK8) += -Ctarget-cpu=k8 - rustflags-$(CONFIG_MPSC) += -Ctarget-cpu=nocona - rustflags-$(CONFIG_MCORE2) += -Ctarget-cpu=core2 - rustflags-$(CONFIG_MATOM) += -Ctarget-cpu=atom - rustflags-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU) += -Ctarget-cpu=x86-64 -Ztune-cpu=generic - KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS += $(rustflags-y) + KBUILD_CFLAGS += -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic + KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS += -Ctarget-cpu=x86-64 -Ztune-cpu=generic KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-red-zone KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcmodel=kernel diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu b/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu index 94834c4..af7de9a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu @@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_MK6) += -march=k6 # Please note, that patches that add -march=athlon-xp and friends are pointless. # They make zero difference whatsosever to performance at this time. cflags-$(CONFIG_MK7) += -march=athlon -cflags-$(CONFIG_MK8) += $(call cc-option,-march=k8,-march=athlon) cflags-$(CONFIG_MCRUSOE) += -march=i686 $(align) cflags-$(CONFIG_MEFFICEON) += -march=i686 $(call tune,pentium3) $(align) cflags-$(CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6) += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586) @@ -32,9 +31,7 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D) += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip2,-march=i586) cflags-$(CONFIG_MCYRIXIII) += $(call cc-option,-march=c3,-march=i486) $(align) cflags-$(CONFIG_MVIAC3_2) += $(call cc-option,-march=c3-2,-march=i686) cflags-$(CONFIG_MVIAC7) += -march=i686 -cflags-$(CONFIG_MCORE2) += -march=i686 $(call tune,core2) -cflags-$(CONFIG_MATOM) += $(call cc-option,-march=atom,$(call cc-option,-march=core2,-march=i686)) \ - $(call cc-option,-mtune=atom,$(call cc-option,-mtune=generic)) +cflags-$(CONFIG_MATOM) += -march=atom # AMD Elan support cflags-$(CONFIG_MELAN) += -march=i486 diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vermagic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vermagic.h index 75884d2..5d47125 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vermagic.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vermagic.h @@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "586TSC " #elif defined CONFIG_M586MMX #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "586MMX " -#elif defined CONFIG_MCORE2 -#define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "CORE2 " #elif defined CONFIG_MATOM #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "ATOM " #elif defined CONFIG_M686 @@ -33,8 +31,6 @@ #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "K6 " #elif defined CONFIG_MK7 #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "K7 " -#elif defined CONFIG_MK8 -#define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "K8 " #elif defined CONFIG_MELAN #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "ELAN " #elif defined CONFIG_MCRUSOE diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig index 67d9391..7575fee 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config INTEL_MEI tristate "Intel Management Engine Interface" depends on X86 && PCI - default GENERIC_CPU || MCORE2 || MATOM || X86_GENERIC + default X86_64 || MATOM help The Intel Management Engine (Intel ME) provides Manageability, Security and Media services for system containing Intel chipsets.
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