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Subject: Re: Performance 686 - 386
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Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> writes:

> In my /etc/defaults/make.conf file, the line for CPUTYPE is commented out.

> Does this matter?  Or is this option/parameter obtained from the current
> kernel or something...?

It doesn't matter.  If it isn't specified, things will be compiled so
as to work on *any* x86 processor.  The performance advantage of
specifying your particular CPU is probably negligible.

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