[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] qemux86: use a Core 2 Duo CPU instead of the original circa-1993 Pentium

[Khem Raj]

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 10:45 AM Adrian Bunk <bunk at stusta.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 08:54:50AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> > On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 8:33 AM Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This matches what the qemux86_64 is currently using, and
> > > will allow testing the instructions added in the meantime;
> > > particularly various SSE extensions are now enabled.
> >
> > While I like this change I also worry if we are leaving out any significant
> > x86 implementation out there in embedded space x86-64 is relatively newer
> > compared to 32 bit which was long stable
>
> Intel Quark and AMD Geode LX are still available to buy today
> (Geode for at least 2 more years).

I think they have their own BSP layers, so they lose out on least
common denominator here. I don't have strong objection to that, given
that using core2 is going to enhance our testing coverage quite a bit.

>
> cu
> Adrian
>
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