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x86/build: Rework CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU compiler flags
Building an x86-64 kernel with CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU is documented to run on all CPUs, but the Makefile does not actually pass an -march= argument, instead relying on the default that was used to configure the toolchain. In many cases, gcc will be configured to -march=x86-64 or -march=k8 for maximum compatibility, but in other cases a distribution default may be either raised to a more recent ISA, or set to -march=native to build for the CPU used for compilation. This still works in the case of building a custom kernel for the local machine. The point where it breaks down is building a kernel for another machine that is older the the default target. Changing the default to -march=x86-64 would make it work reliable, but possibly produce worse code on distros that intentionally default to a newer ISA. To allow reliably building a kernel for either the oldest x86-64 CPUs, pass the -march=x86-64 flag to the compiler. This was not possible in early versions of x86-64 gcc, but works on all currently supported versions down to at least gcc-5. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250226213714.4040853-4-arnd@kernel.org
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