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x86/kconfig: Enable additional cpu optimizations for gcc v11.0+ kerne…
…l v5.8+ WARNING This patch works with gcc versions 11.0+ and with kernel version 5.8+ and should NOT be applied when compiling on older versions of gcc due to key name changes of the march flags introduced with the version 4.9 release of gcc.[1] Use the older version of this patch hosted on the same github for older versions of gcc. FEATURES This patch adds additional CPU options to the Linux kernel accessible under: Processor type and features ---> Processor family ---> The expanded microarchitectures include: * AMD Improved K8-family * AMD K10-family * AMD Family 10h (Barcelona) * AMD Family 14h (Bobcat) * AMD Family 16h (Jaguar) * AMD Family 15h (Bulldozer) * AMD Family 15h (Piledriver) * AMD Family 15h (Steamroller) * AMD Family 15h (Excavator) * AMD Family 17h (Zen) * AMD Family 17h (Zen 2) * AMD Family 17h (Zen 3) * Intel Silvermont low-power processors * Intel Goldmont low-power processors (Apollo Lake and Denverton) * Intel Goldmont Plus low-power processors (Gemini Lake) * Intel 1st Gen Core i3/i5/i7 (Nehalem) * Intel 1.5 Gen Core i3/i5/i7 (Westmere) * Intel 2nd Gen Core i3/i5/i7 (Sandybridge) * Intel 3rd Gen Core i3/i5/i7 (Ivybridge) * Intel 4th Gen Core i3/i5/i7 (Haswell) * Intel 5th Gen Core i3/i5/i7 (Broadwell) * Intel 6th Gen Core i3/i5/i7 (Skylake) * Intel 6th Gen Core i7/i9 (Skylake X) * Intel 8th Gen Core i3/i5/i7 (Cannon Lake) * Intel 10th Gen Core i7/i9 (Ice Lake) * Intel Xeon (Cascade Lake) * Intel Xeon (Cooper Lake) * Intel 3rd Gen 10nm++ i3/i5/i7/i9-family (Tiger Lake) It also offers to compile passing the 'native' option which, "selects the CPU to generate code for at compilation time by determining the processor type of the compiling machine. Using -march=native enables all instruction subsets supported by the local machine and will produce code optimized for the local machine under the constraints of the selected instruction set."[2] Do NOT try using the 'native' option on AMD Piledriver, Steamroller, or Excavator CPUs (-march=bdver{2,3,4} flag). The build will error out due the kernel's objtool issue with these.[3a,b] MINOR NOTES This patch also changes 'atom' to 'bonnell' in accordance with the gcc v4.9 changes. Note that upstream is using the deprecated 'match=atom' flags when I believe it should use the newer 'march=bonnell' flag for atom processors.[4] It is not recommended to compile on Atom-CPUs with the 'native' option.[5] The recommendation is to use the 'atom' option instead. BENEFITS Small but real speed increases are measurable using a make endpoint comparing a generic kernel to one built with one of the respective microarchs. See the following experimental evidence supporting this statement: https://github.com/graysky2/kernel_gcc_patch REQUIREMENTS linux version >=5.8 gcc version >=11.0 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This patch builds on the seminal work by Jeroen.[6] REFERENCES 1. https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/changes.html 2. https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/x86-Options.html 3a. https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95671#c11 3b. https://github.com/graysky2/kernel_gcc_patch/issues/55 4. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77461 5. https://github.com/graysky2/kernel_gcc_patch/issues/15 6. http://www.linuxforge.net/docs/linux/linux-gcc.php
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