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Cc: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>,
	Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk>
Subject: Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support
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Ross Penner wrote:
> On 10/24/07, Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk> wrote:
>> Ross Penner wrote:
>>> Hi all, I have a few questions about my Via C7 processor. In
>>> examples/make.conf there is an option for the CPUTYPE. It indicates
>>> that only the C3 and the C3-2 chips are supported. Does the C7 chip
>>> have support that I don't know of? If not, will it? Otherwise, will
>>> specifying the chipset as C3 help or hinder my environment?
>> I know this is not an answer, but why not just upgrade to 7.0 if you
>> need the C7 support?
> 
>  I probably will. I just thought I'd try and see if I could stay on stable
> first.

AFAIK 7.0 will be stable while 6.3 will be legacy.

Cheers, Erik

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