From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 26 10:45:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8881B106564A for ; Wed, 26 May 2010 10:45:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 117C88FC14 for ; Wed, 26 May 2010 10:45:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm17 with SMTP id 17so1532077fxm.13 for ; Wed, 26 May 2010 03:45:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+t6i+UiEvTXkTyH6p8a/9wXGxh13AyzKFEZXoy0F2jI=; b=WclyHrDVmfKqrYD1ZST8FnahIdp2IkbA1I8r1PbCOVEKTrEYPtYn2CmTZe7mJ7HuUo h1UCe6e9BQhjznX3bQQ5se2KXNzELygTB9CuM4T4hAWHReup+0DFH0RMd5f8jPZiK2sr FYzsrnu/qJ+BhbFJin6Ck/QkfTJ/iNdLO7lpA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=MPwmZ38Xe0r2IC6ABYpJkqupkouUSxo5bzRJwhadvULErd2Mgi/IA+WJb/4No6uqpP UuE2Jl7Mlqaa3XTpFahzMD6Ki/QhS2PW34+XKadNrbF13Jq2fMDMkVVX4qOn4yioK/92 T2Nz2sUe8clw7aW0+A57b1Ra8fNUOl6wY3dHk= Received: by 10.223.68.131 with SMTP id v3mr7406200fai.82.1274869244377; Wed, 26 May 2010 03:20:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ernst.jennejohn.org (p578E2F2C.dip.t-dialin.net [87.142.47.44]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r12sm29350519fah.8.2010.05.26.03.20.43 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 26 May 2010 03:20:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 12:20:42 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn To: fbsdmail@dnswatch.com Message-ID: <20100526122042.3a0321ff@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <0bb3000bdf423ee8f4fde8d10baa0fbb.dnswclient@www.dnswatch.com> References: <0bb3000bdf423ee8f4fde8d10baa0fbb.dnswclient@www.dnswatch.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.18.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A couple of AMD kernel config questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 10:45:22 -0000 On Wed, 26 May 2010 02:14:34 -0700 (PDT) fbsdmail@dnswatch.com wrote: > Greetings, > I'm experimenting with an AMD Athlon X2 CPU: > http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/athlon-x2/Pages/AMD-athlon-x2-processor-model-numbers-feature-comparison.aspx > > I just got. This will be the first AMD based kernel I've built. > So I find myself with a couple of questions I'm hoping someone > here can assist with. > As I understand it, this CPU is a K9, does the following line > from GENERIC still apply? > cpu HAMMER # aka K8, aka Opteron & Athlon64 > Yes. Doesn't really mean anything. I have an X2 and that's the cpu setting in my kernel config. > I noticed the following in NOTES > # x86 real mode BIOS emulator, required by atkbdc/dpms/vesa > options X86BIOS > > If I include VESA support in the kernel, will I also need to add the > that entry to obtain keyboard && VESA support? > Look at /sys/conf/files.amd64. The BIOS emulator is automatically included if you have VESA in you config file. > Any other AMD specific tweaks I should apply? > Any comments/suggestions anyone wouls care to offer, will be grsatly > appreciated. > If your mother board allows it and you have SATA drives I suggest including ATA_CAM and enabling AHCI in the BIOS. That allows, among other things, hot swapping drives. -- Gary Jennejohn