Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 17:34:52 -0700 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: Jason Usher <jusher71@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ? Message-ID: <CAHu1Y73sENiQyZHK7Mn=hi2tjthkdDXNeund7rJceieMpHureA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1344297184.74951.YahooMailClassic@web121202.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1344297184.74951.YahooMailClassic@web121202.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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make LINT vi LINT On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Jason Usher <jusher71@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an > i686 CPU. > > By default, GENERIC has "HAMMER" as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I > tried both: > > cpu I586_CPU > > and: > > cpu I686_CPU > > (I also tried them both lowercase, like i686_cpu) > > But all of these fail: > > GENERIC: unknown option "I586_CPU" > > How can I set 586/686 (you're supposed to set both) in my kernel conf ? > > You're sure it's an i686? Do you have the amd64 distribution, or i386? If the former, then in /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf... # make LINT # vi LINT cpu HAMMER and that's all she wrote. There are some 32-bit compatibility options: options COMPAT_FREEBSD32 options COMPAT_LINUX32
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