From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 08:27:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3DBE1065678 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:27:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 639988FC28 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:27:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6P8Qsrm013530; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:26:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 83058BA9E; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:26:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:26:54 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Rene Ladan Message-ID: <20080725082654.GA20013@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="opJtzjQTFsWo+cga" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: optimal CPUTYPE / arch for Intel T5600 ? 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: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:27:27 -0000 --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 09:45:40AM +0200, Rene Ladan wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I have an Asus A6JE laptop which has an Intel T5600 CPU. It is > currently configured as i386 > with CPUTYPE=3Dprescott. But after reading wikipedia, I get the idea > that I have slightly > underconfigured my box, i.e. that a better configuration is possible. > dmesg says (7.0-release): >=20 > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz (1828.77-MHz 686-cla= ss CPU) > Origin =3D "GenuineIntel" Id =3D 0x6f6 Stepping =3D 6 > Features=3D0xbfebfbff > Features2=3D0xe3bd > AMD Features=3D0x20100000 > AMD Features2=3D0x1 > Cores per package: 2 No it's configured correctly. See /usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk > Maybe some amd64 configuration is possible, since it the cpu has AMD feat= ures? If you want amd64, you should have installed the amd64 architecture. But remember that some ports (e.g. flash plugin) are only available for the i386 architecture. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkiJjk4ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWA1gCeIDre4nnxIJvhNUUg0NKxEjUI BKkAnj94MhEJfcCsQp7HXr2AZSMxHPsR =SIZo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga--