[Solved] Correct processor family for AMD A6 Vision

[Springer1500]

I'm trying to locate information on choosing the correct processor family in the kernel config. My initial installation seems okay using the generic x86-64 option, but I can't confirm that is correct. I only have the base system installed so far. Forums and google seem to be split between the generic and K8 option. Has anyone had experience with this processor? AMD A6-3620 APU w/Radeon HD graphics on the same chip.

Thanks in advance!

[anbc]

http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Safe_CFLAGS#A4.2FA6.2FA8-XXXX_.2F_XXXXM

[Springer1500]

[anbc]

Yep I didn't read properly, sorry about that!

[Springer1500]

No worries... Things are compiling okay, probably the on-board radeon will kick my butt worse than this fine tuning of the kernel. I was able to get xorg-server running with an okay test screen, just not sure of performance yet until I get a desktop installed. Now I remember why I've steered away from AMD over the years I just couldn't resist the Black Friday sale! If nothing else, I've got a dandy new 1TB hard drive....

[anbc]

Have you thought of using "Native" (i.e., trust gcc's autodetected defaults):

Example: for the 3.12 kernel using >=gcc-4.8 (with i.e., ck-sources)

# sudo -s
# mkdir -p /etc/portage/patches/sys-kernel/ck-sources
# wget https://raw.github.com/graysky2/kernel_gcc_patch/master/kernel-312-gcc48-1.patch -P /tmp
# mv /tmp/kernel-312-gcc48-1.patch /etc/portage/patches/sys-kernel/ck-sources
# emerge ck-sources
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make menuconfig

select "Native optimizations autodetected by GCC"

https://github.com/graysky2/kernel_gcc_patch
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-961748.html

[Springer1500]

Great suggestion.... I hadn't run across that yet. Thanks! Will mark solved, for now.