GCC 4.7 Kernel Patch - LinuxForge.net


		Wednesday June 19, 2013 18:16:12 UTC

GCC 4.7 - Kernel Patch

Per additional processor support added to GCC 4.6 and 4.7, I put together a kernel patch that adds CPU optimization options in menuconfig for the following processors:

AMD Barcelona	- march=barcelona
AMD Bobcat	- march=btver1
AMD Bulldozer	- march=bdver1
AMD Piledriver	- march=bdver2
Intel Core i7	- march=corei7
Intel Core i7 AVX (Sandy Bridge)	- march=corei7-avx
Intel Core AVX-I (Ivy Bridge)	- march=core-avx-i
Intel Core AVX-2 (Haswell)	- march=core-avx2

Kernel 3.3 GCC 4.7 Patch

GCC 4.6 Changes
GCC 4.7 Changes