From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 19:04:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81B211065670 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 19:04:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from cenn-smtp.mc.mpls.visi.com (cenn.mc.mpls.visi.com [208.42.156.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 547588FC15 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 19:04:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from mail.tcbug.org (mail.tcbug.org [208.42.70.163]) by cenn-smtp.mc.mpls.visi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CBC381D5; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:04:00 -0600 (CST) Received: from build64.tcbug.org (unknown [208.42.70.167]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.tcbug.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1BAE96DA20E; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:04:00 -0600 (CST) From: Josh Paetzel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:03:55 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <560f92640803050955m2996c796vc02f991a0453a4ba@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <560f92640803050955m2996c796vc02f991a0453a4ba@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3226814.N9FaeuolpC"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200803051304.00016.josh@tcbug.org> Cc: Nerius Landys Subject: Re: make.conf CPUTYPE Xeon Conroe? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:04:01 -0000 --nextPart3226814.N9FaeuolpC Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 05 March 2008 11:55:48 am Nerius Landys wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 7.0 on a server with an Intel Xeon Dual-Core 3060 > Conroe (2.4GHz) CPU. > I'm wondering what I should set CPUTYPE to in my /etc/make.conf. > The file /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf has this information: > > # (Intel CPUs) core2 core nocona pentium4m pentium4 prescott > # pentium3m pentium3 pentium-m pentium2 > # pentiumpro pentium-mmx pentium i486 i386 > > I guess those are the possibilities. Which one should I choose for my > processor? > > Also, by accident, I had CPUTYPE=3Dp4 in my make.conf when I compiled wor= ld, > kernel, and ports. "p4" is a flag from older FreeBSD distributions I > think. Will this ("this" meaning both that "p4" may be unrecognized and/= or > it's not my processor type) cause any problems, or should I recompile > everything with the correct CPUTYPE flag? Installing world is a hassle > because it's not easy for me to do it from single user mode. > > Thanks. > > - Nerius As a general rule, setting a CPUTYPE is something you should try to=20 avoid...there's all sorts of breakage it can cause for very little gain. I= f=20 you're heart is set on it though, your CPU is a core2. =2D-=20 Thanks, Josh Paetzel PGP: 8A48 EF36 5E9F 4EDA 5A8C 11B4 26F9 01F1 27AF AECB --nextPart3226814.N9FaeuolpC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHzu6gJvkB8SevrssRAqYIAJ9gZjpoY6OzhjveMNLvYeqTsE0a5wCfZf+M goo2N1an4RxrIUyWbnS86aY= =Q4O/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3226814.N9FaeuolpC--