Re:[PATCH, v2] Processor autodetection (when configuring kernel)

From: Giacomo A. Catenazzi (cate@dplanet.ch)
Date: Fri Dec 29 2000 - 11:46:14 EST


Version 2:
. Added a PIII
. Corrected the name of Crusoe
. Added the generic Intel and AMD 486
. Corrected the braces {,} (wrong syntax)

        giacomo

diff -urN old.linux/CREDITS linux/CREDITS
--- old.linux/CREDITS Fri Dec 29 13:32:46 2000
+++ linux/CREDITS Fri Dec 29 13:43:02 2000
@@ -458,6 +458,12 @@
 S: Fremont, California 94539
 S: USA
 
+N: Giacomo Catenazzi
+E: cate@debian.org
+D: Random kernel hack and fixes
+D: Author of scripts/cpu_detect.sh
+S: Switzerland
+
 N: Gordon Chaffee
 E: chaffee@cs.berkeley.edu
 W: http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/
diff -urN old.linux/Makefile linux/Makefile
--- old.linux/Makefile Fri Dec 29 11:26:55 2000
+++ linux/Makefile Fri Dec 29 13:32:10 2000
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@
 do-it-all: config
 endif
 
+# Second stage configuration
+# Note that GNU make will read again this Makefile, so the CONFIG are
+# updated
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_CURRENT), y)
+CONFIGURATION = config2
+do-it-all: config2
+.config: config2
+ @echo "Rescanning the main Makefile"
+endif
+
 #
 # INSTALL_PATH specifies where to place the updated kernel and system
map
 # images. Uncomment if you want to place them anywhere other than
root.
@@ -273,6 +283,14 @@
 
 config: symlinks
        $(CONFIG_SHELL) scripts/Configure arch/$(ARCH)/config.in
+
+config2:
+ echo "CONFIG_CPU_CURRENT=n" >> .config
+ echo `$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(TOPDIR)/scripts/cpu_detect.sh`=y >>
.config
+ $(MAKE) oldconfig
+
+config2.test:
+ echo "CONFIG_CPU_CURRENT=$(CONFIG_CPU_CURRENT)"
 
 include/config/MARKER: scripts/split-include include/linux/autoconf.h
        scripts/split-include include/linux/autoconf.h include/config
diff -urN old.linux/arch/i386/config.in linux/arch/i386/config.in
--- old.linux/arch/i386/config.in Fri Dec 29 11:26:55 2000
+++ linux/arch/i386/config.in Fri Dec 29 13:14:58 2000
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 
 mainmenu_option next_comment
 comment 'Processor type and features'
-choice 'Processor family' \
+bool "Optimize for current CPU" CONFIG_CPU_CURRENT
+if [ "$CONFIG_CPU_CURRENT" != "y" ]; then
+ choice 'Processor family' \
        "386 CONFIG_M386 \
         486 CONFIG_M486 \
         586/K5/5x86/6x86/6x86MX CONFIG_M586 \
@@ -41,6 +43,10 @@
         Winchip-C6 CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 \
         Winchip-2 CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 \
         Winchip-2A/Winchip-3 CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D" Pentium-Pro
+else
+ # First configuration stage: Allow all possible processors deps
+ define_bool CONFIG_M386 y
+fi
 #
 # Define implied options from the CPU selection here
 #
diff -urN old.linux/scripts/cpu_detect.sh linux/scripts/cpu_detect.sh
--- old.linux/scripts/cpu_detect.sh Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970
+++ linux/scripts/cpu_detect.sh Fri Dec 29 17:10:23 2000
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (C) 2000 Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
+# This is free software, see GNU General Public License 2 for details.
+
+# This script try to autodetect the CPU.
+# On SMP I assume that all processors are of the same type as the first
+
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i386" ] ; then
+ vendor=$(sed -n 's/^vendor_id.*: \([-A-Za-z0-9_]*\).*$/\1/pg'
/proc/cpuinfo)
+ cpu_fam=$(sed -n 's/^cpu family.*: \([0-9A-Za-z]*\).*$/\1/pg'
/proc/cpuinfo)
+ cpu_mod=$(sed -n 's/^model[^a-z]*: \([0-9A-Za-z]*\).*$/\1/pg'
/proc/cpuinfo)
+ cpu_id="$vendor:$cpu_fam:$cpu_mod"
+
+ #echo $cpu_id # for debug
+
+ case $cpu_id in
+ GenuineIntel:4:* ) echo CONFIG_M486 ;; # exists ?
+ GenuineIntel:5:[0123] ) echo CONFIG_M586TSC ;;
+ GenuineIntel:5:[48] ) echo CONFIG_M586MMX ;;
+ GenuineIntel:6:[01356] ) echo CONFIG_M686 ;;
+ GenuineIntel:6:[789] ) echo CONFIG_M686FXSR ;;
+ GenuineIntel:6:1[1] ) echo CONFIG_M686FXSR ;;
+ AuthenticAMD:4:* ) echo CONFIG_M486 ;;
+ AuthenticAMD:5:[0123] ) echo CONFIG_M586 ;;
+ AuthenticAMD:5:[89] ) echo CONFIG_MK6 ;;
+ AuthenticAMD:5:1[01] ) echo CONFIG_MK6 ;;
+ AuthenticAMD:6:[0124] ) echo CONFIG_MK7 ;;
+ UMC:4:[12] ) echo CONFIG_M486 ;; # "UMC" !
+ NexGenDriven:5:0 ) echo CONFIG_M386 ;;
+ TransmetaCPU:* ) echo CONFIG_MCRUSOE ;;
+ GenuineTMx86:* ) echo CONFIG_MCRUSOE ;;
+
+ # default value
+ * ) echo CONFIG_M386 ;;
+ esac
+fi
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sun Dec 31 2000 - 21:00:12 EST