Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 12:20:42 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> To: fbsdmail@dnswatch.com Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A couple of AMD kernel config questions Message-ID: <20100526122042.3a0321ff@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <0bb3000bdf423ee8f4fde8d10baa0fbb.dnswclient@www.dnswatch.com> References: <0bb3000bdf423ee8f4fde8d10baa0fbb.dnswclient@www.dnswatch.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20100526122042.3a0321ff>