x86: add specific support for Intel Atom architecture

Add another option when selecting CPU family so the kernel can be optimized for Intel Atom CPUs. If GCC supports tuning options for Intel Atom they will be used. Signed-off-by: Tobias Doerffel <tobias.doerffel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> LKML-Reference: <1251018457-19157-1-git-send-email-tobias.doerffel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
git-mirror · Aug 23, 2009 · 366d19e · 366d19e
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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -262,6 +262,15 @@ config MCORE2
 	  family in /proc/cpuinfo. Newer ones have 6 and older ones 15
 	  (not a typo)
 
+config MATOM
+	bool "Intel Atom"
+	---help---
+
+	  Select this for the Intel Atom platform. Intel Atom CPUs have an
+	  in-order pipelining architecture and thus can benefit from
+	  accordingly optimized code. Use a recent GCC with specific Atom
+	  support in order to fully benefit from selecting this option.
+
 config GENERIC_CPU
 	bool "Generic-x86-64"
 	depends on X86_64
@@ -295,7 +304,7 @@ config X86_CPU
 config X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES
 	int
 	default "128" if MPSC
-	default "64" if GENERIC_CPU || MK8 || MCORE2 || X86_32
+	default "64" if GENERIC_CPU || MK8 || MCORE2 || MATOM || X86_32
 
 config X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES
 	int
@@ -310,7 +319,7 @@ config X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT
 	default "7" if MPENTIUM4 || MPSC
 	default "4" if X86_ELAN || M486 || M386 || MGEODEGX1
 	default "5" if MWINCHIP3D || MWINCHIPC6 || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MK6 || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || M586MMX || M586TSC || M586 || MVIAC3_2 || MGEODE_LX
-	default "6" if MK7 || MK8 || MPENTIUMM || MCORE2 || MVIAC7 || X86_GENERIC || GENERIC_CPU
+	default "6" if MK7 || MK8 || MPENTIUMM || MCORE2 || MATOM || MVIAC7 || X86_GENERIC || GENERIC_CPU
 
 config X86_XADD
 	def_bool y
@@ -359,7 +368,7 @@ config X86_INTEL_USERCOPY
 
 config X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM
 	def_bool y
-	depends on MWINCHIP3D || MWINCHIPC6 || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MK8 || MVIAC3_2 || MEFFICEON || MGEODE_LX || MCORE2
+	depends on MWINCHIP3D || MWINCHIPC6 || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MK8 || MVIAC3_2 || MEFFICEON || MGEODE_LX || MCORE2 || MATOM
 
 config X86_USE_3DNOW
 	def_bool y
@@ -387,7 +396,7 @@ config X86_P6_NOP
 
 config X86_TSC
 	def_bool y
-	depends on ((MWINCHIP3D || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || M586MMX || M586TSC || MK8 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MGEODEGX1 || MGEODE_LX || MCORE2) && !X86_NUMAQ) || X86_64
+	depends on ((MWINCHIP3D || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || M586MMX || M586TSC || MK8 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MGEODEGX1 || MGEODE_LX || MCORE2 || MATOM) && !X86_NUMAQ) || X86_64
 
 config X86_CMPXCHG64
 	def_bool y
@@ -397,7 +406,7 @@ config X86_CMPXCHG64
 # generates cmov.
 config X86_CMOV
 	def_bool y
-	depends on (MK8 || MK7 || MCORE2 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || X86_64)
+	depends on (MK8 || MK7 || MCORE2 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || X86_64 || MATOM)
 
 config X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY
 	int

diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ else
 
         cflags-$(CONFIG_MCORE2) += \
                 $(call cc-option,-march=core2,$(call cc-option,-mtune=generic))
+	cflags-$(CONFIG_MATOM) += $(call cc-option,-march=atom) \
+		$(call cc-option,-mtune=atom,$(call cc-option,-mtune=generic))
         cflags-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU) += $(call cc-option,-mtune=generic)
         KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
 

diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu b/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_MCYRIXIII)	+= $(call cc-option,-march=c3,-march=i486) $(align)-f
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MVIAC3_2)	+= $(call cc-option,-march=c3-2,-march=i686)
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MVIAC7)		+= -march=i686
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MCORE2)		+= -march=i686 $(call tune,core2)
+cflags-$(CONFIG_MATOM)		+= $(call cc-option,-march=atom,$(call cc-option,-march=core2,-march=i686)) \
+	$(call cc-option,-mtune=atom,$(call cc-option,-mtune=generic))
 
 # AMD Elan support
 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_ELAN)	+= -march=i486

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ struct mod_arch_specific {};
 #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "586MMX "
 #elif defined CONFIG_MCORE2
 #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "CORE2 "
+#elif defined CONFIG_MATOM
+#define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "ATOM "
 #elif defined CONFIG_M686
 #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "686 "
 #elif defined CONFIG_MPENTIUMII