[Xen-ia64-devel] CONFIG_MCKINLEY?

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From:	"Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>
Date:	Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:34:54 -0700
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Does anybody care if I turn on CONFIG_MCKINLEY by default?
As far as I know, nobody has gotten Xen/ia64 working on a
Merced box and I suspect CONFIG_MCKINLEY is harmless to
"future" Itanium chips... it's turned on by default in
Linux/ia64 I think.

Why? There's a significant performance opportunity (~12-15%)
that is disabled if CONFIG_MCKINLEY is not enabled.  See
arch/ia64/setup.c:cpu_init() if you are interested in
the exact code.

Unless I hear objections, I will turn it on in config.h.

Thanks,
Dan

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