Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 09:42:42 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Brodie Hynes <bsdml@comphydro.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: successful 4.4rc4 install on dec 3305 Message-ID: <20010915094242.A55879@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <0109150313040U.19946@orca.brodie.hn.org>; from bsdml@comphydro.com on Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 03:13:04AM -0400 References: <0109150313040U.19946@orca.brodie.hn.org>
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On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 03:13:04AM -0400, Brodie Hynes wrote: > Just wanted to report a successful install booting from cd from srm > for freebsd4.4rc4 iso on a digital server 3305. > > The only thing that confused me was, when I recompiled the kernel, > a la Mar 8, 2001 version of > http://www.schlacter.dyndns.org/public/FreeBSD-STABLE_and_IPFILTER.html > > the mcpu flag for cc was set to ev4. (-mcpu=ev4) (saw it scroll by as the > kernel compiled) though I had commented out EV4 in the kernel config file. > (leaving 'cpu EV5' and 'options DEC_1000A') This cpu EV5 line does not influence gcc. > Being a newbie, this confused me, as I was expecting ev5 or ev56. > Unfortunately the man page for cc only discussed i386 flags. You can set the cpu type for gcc in /etc/make.conf (see also /etc/defaults/make.conf) > Is this significant? Things seem to be running fine.... EV4 optimized (for what gcc Alpha optimisations are worth) code runs fine on EV5 & EV6. Maybe not as quick. -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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