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WARNING This patch works with all gcc versions 9.0+ 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] FEATURES This patch adds additional CPU options to the Linux kernel accessible under: Processor type and features ---> Processor family ---> With the release of gcc 11.0, several generic 64-bit levels are offered which are good for supported Intel or AMD CPUs: • x86-64-v2 • x86-64-v3 • x86-64-v4 Users of glibc 2.33 and above can see which level is supported by current hardware by running: /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --help | grep supported Alternatively, compare the flags from /proc/cpuinfo to this list.[2] CPU-specific 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 19h (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)* • Intel 3rd Gen 10nm++ Xeon (Sapphire Rapids)‡ • Intel 11th Gen i3/i5/i7/i9-family (Rocket Lake)‡ • Intel 12th Gen i3/i5/i7/i9-family (Alder Lake)‡ Notes: If not otherwise noted, gcc >=9.1 is required for support. *Requires gcc >=10.1 †Required gcc >=10.3 ‡Required gcc >=11.0 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."[3] Users of Intel CPUs should select the 'Intel-Native' option and users of AMD CPUs should select the 'AMD-Native' option. MINOR NOTES RELATING TO INTEL ATOM PROCESSORS This patch also changes -march=atom to -march=bonnell in accordance with the gcc v4.9 changes. 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 >=9.0 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This patch builds on the seminal work by Jeroen.[6] REFERENCES 1. https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/changes.html 2. https://gitlab.com/x86-psABIs/x86-64-ABI/-/commit/77566eb03bc6a326811cb7e9 3. https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/x86-Options.html#index-x86-Options 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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