From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 6 7:51:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0061D37BB7E for ; Sat, 6 May 2000 07:51:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA22073; Sat, 6 May 2000 10:51:05 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200005061451.KAA22073@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <77365954152F.AAA717A@mail2.qx.net> Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 10:51:05 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: jfreeze@qx.net Subject: RE: Optimizing Kernel for K6-2 Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 05-May-00 jfreeze@qx.net wrote: > Date: Fri, May 5 2000 12:56:10 GMT-0400 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I am trying to optimize my kernel for my K6-2/450 processor. > From looking at the lint kernel, I see three basic changes. > These changes are listed below. > My question is, "Am I doing the right thing by making these changes?". FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE #0: Mon Apr 17 16:25:07 EDT 2000 CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (300.68-MHz 586-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x580 Stepping = 0 From /sys/i386/conf/JOHN: machine i386 cpu I586_CPU # CPU options options NO_F00F_HACK #not a iPentium options CPU_WT_ALLOC #enable write-back allocation options NO_MEMORY_HOLE > Thanks > Jim HTH. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message