Optimize for Intel Pentium 4 and older Nocona/Dempsey Xeon CPUs
with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology(EM64T). For details see
<http://www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/>.
- Note the the latest Xeons (Xeon 51xx and 53xx) are not based on the
- Netburst core and shouldn't use this option. You can distingush them
+ 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 a older Xeon, Family 6 a newer one
- (this rule only applies to system that support EM64T)
+ in /proc/cpuinfo. Family 15 is an older Xeon, Family 6 a newer one
+ (this rule only applies to systems that support EM64T)
config MCORE2
bool "Intel Core2 / newer Xeon"
help
Optimize for Intel Core2 and newer Xeons (51xx)
- You can distingush the newer Xeons from the older ones using
- the cpu family field in /proc/cpuinfo. 15 is a older Xeon
+ You can distinguish the newer Xeons from the older ones using
+ the cpu family field in /proc/cpuinfo. 15 is an older Xeon
(use CONFIG_MPSC then), 6 is a newer one. This rule only
applies to CPUs that support EM64T.