Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:52:34 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting CPUTYPE and CFLAGS in make.conf Message-ID: <20080409205234.64a24690@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <2daa8b4e0804091135w4b31ea67vf6334fa83845a4e1@mail.gmail.com> References: <2daa8b4e0804081314o25b9773bn844734b674856e8c@mail.gmail.com> <20080409184435.3bb4b91c@gumby.homeunix.com.> <2daa8b4e0804091135w4b31ea67vf6334fa83845a4e1@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:35:51 -0700 "David Allen" <the.real.david.allen@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for your reply. It's starting to make a lot more sense. > Just to confirm, then, if there's no CPUTYPE set, I can then set up > a build server on an Opteron box, for example, to build world, kernel > and ports binaries that can then be installed on my Thinkpad or > a PIII box? CPUTYPE=pentiumpro is a good choice for mainstream i386 processors since it's the common ancestor of the Athlon and modern Pentium series - the exceptions are some of the low-power cpus for small form-factor motherboards. The default is i486, which should handle anything.
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