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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/platforms')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype index 86eb4cf..4c315be 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype @@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ config POWER4 depends on PPC64 def_bool y +config TUNE_CELL + bool "Optimize for Cell Broadband Engine" + depends on PPC64 + help + Cause the compiler to optimize for the PPE of the Cell Broadband + Engine. This will make the code run considerably faster on Cell + but somewhat slower on other machines. This option only changes + the scheduling of instructions, not the selection of instructions + itself, so the resulting kernel will keep running on all other + machines. When building a kernel that is supposed to run only + on Cell, you should also select the POWER4_ONLY option. + config 6xx bool |
