From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 26 10:51:18 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 162731065674 for ; Wed, 26 May 2010 10:51:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdmail@dnswatch.com) Received: from fast.dnswatch.com (fast.dnswatch.com [168.103.150.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D09DE8FC15 for ; Wed, 26 May 2010 10:51:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.dnswatch.com (localhost.dnswatch.com [127.0.0.1]) by fast.dnswatch.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o4QApAfm011454; Wed, 26 May 2010 03:51:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsdmail@dnswatch.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net ([168.103.150.20]) (DNSwatchWebMail authenticated user infos) by www.dnswatch.com with HTTP; Wed, 26 May 2010 03:51:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20100526122042.3a0321ff@ernst.jennejohn.org> References: <0bb3000bdf423ee8f4fde8d10baa0fbb.dnswclient@www.dnswatch.com> <20100526122042.3a0321ff@ernst.jennejohn.org> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 03:51:17 -0700 (PDT) From: fbsdmail@dnswatch.com To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com User-Agent: DNSwatchWebMail/1.5.2 [SVN] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: fbsdmail@dnswatch.com, 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 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 10:51:18 -0000 On Wed, May 26, 2010 3:20 am, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > 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-at >> hlon-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 > >