From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 09:16:03 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 71700106566B for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:16:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r.c.ladan@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 363DB8FC18 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:16:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r.c.ladan@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so1789754wah.3 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:16:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Bf2zDJaxVrVkhjYihT6MltuL8WBLGb3gcNhL1SgbYdg=; b=N9r5I9fnO7/K6r949hjOeAv4qK0o7u0YRIb56wP9GQxltGr9L8yKh5gqZ3y7yRzjde dE/zqMm4Rv6/PMgrFH983zmrRCXBv0ScFZ/HMoGOFuaFkw/8C6+tZN6rq5fNHt3eTtfO rSys2R6FlH8b4HoZ/USG1k2E3b/TI78rZKcBI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=a+ONQ9zJVihkjzt3XxtdbwVCo8jeVbqscQR1iMx9z4c5J3So0XmA6iQrkp39UGlUlg lXeA2UNOBD4Pep2jQdigW7wtqzn7XZYhvaXw3wnSZ5ZO6M+SS0ER/inGZ+pOgqF0Axf1 OYYUCQdCZrJFH4rEgXmOFchRtpLHsDpMDPIBk= Received: by 10.114.57.1 with SMTP id f1mr1620555waa.46.1216977362674; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:16:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.94.8 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:16:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:16:02 +0200 From: "Rene Ladan" To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080725082654.GA20013@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Cc: 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 09:16:03 -0000 2008/7/25 Rene Ladan : > 2008/7/25 Roland Smith : >> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 09:45:40AM +0200, Rene Ladan wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have an Asus A6JE laptop which has an Intel T5600 CPU. It is >>> currently configured as i386 >>> with CPUTYPE=prescott. 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): >>> >>> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz (1828.77-MHz 686-class CPU) >>> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6f6 Stepping = 6 >>> Features=0xbfebfbff >>> Features2=0xe3bd >>> AMD Features=0x20100000 >>> AMD Features2=0x1 >>> 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 features? >> >> If you want amd64, you should have installed the amd64 architecture. But > It seems to be amd64-capable: > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-649410.html > Side-grading seems quite hard :( : > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/2004-December/003008.html > >> remember that some ports (e.g. flash plugin) are only available for the >> i386 architecture. > Flash is available for amd64 if you use swfdec :) > > Probably not worth the hassle, maybe when 7.1 gets released. > I guess I would have to rebuild all ports after the upgrade, or is it possible to run i386 ports on an amd64 box? Because userland needs to be rebuilt... Regards, Rene -- http://www.rene-ladan.nl/ GPG fingerprint = E738 5471 D185 7013 0EE0 4FC8 3C1D 6F83 12E1 84F6 (subkeys.pgp.net)