From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 13:43:54 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 833D816A41F for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 13:43:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Philippe.Pegon@crc.u-strasbg.fr) Received: from mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (mailhost.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.200.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F7AA43D62 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 13:43:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Philippe.Pegon@crc.u-strasbg.fr) Received: from baal.u-strasbg.fr (baal.u-strasbg.fr [IPv6:2001:660:2402::41]) by mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (8.13.3/jtpda-5.5pre1) with ESMTP id jA3DhlbZ095489 ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:43:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (crc.u-strasbg.fr [IPv6:2001:660:2402:1001::1]) by baal.u-strasbg.fr (8.13.4/jtpda-5.5pre1) with ESMTP id jA3DhlNZ031845 ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:43:47 +0100 Message-ID: <436A13B1.8090302@crc.u-strasbg.fr> Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:42:09 +0100 From: Philippe PEGON User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051016) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dick hoogendijk References: <075001c5dff5$e859fbc0$8adb7bd1@icarz.com> <43693D43.2000400@crc.u-strasbg.fr> <20051103132400.1f983424.dick@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <20051103132400.1f983424.dick@nagual.st> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87/1161/Thu Nov 3 12:48:03 2005 on mr8.u-strasbg.fr X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87/1161/Thu Nov 3 12:48:03 2005 on baal.u-strasbg.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (mailhost.u-strasbg.fr [IPv6:2001:660:2402::158]); Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:43:48 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=NO_RELAYS autolearn=disabled version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on mr8.u-strasbg.fr Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fw: GENERIC and DEFAULTS X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 13:43:54 -0000 dick hoogendijk wrote: > On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:27:15 +0100 > Philippe PEGON wrote: > > >>Ken Menzel wrote: >> >>>> options INVARIANT_SUPPORT >>>> >>>> nooptions WITNESS >>>> nooptions WITNESS_SKIP_SPIN >>> >>> >>>If I include GENERIC can I comment out the following? >>>#cpu I486_CPU >>>#cpu I586_CPU >>> >>>Does this make any difference? I have always done this out of >>>habit. would it become >> >>in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES we can read : >> >># >># You must specify at least one CPU (the one you intend to run on); >># deleting the specification for CPUs you don't need to use may make >># parts of the system run faster. >># >>cpu I486_CPU >>cpu I586_CPU # aka Pentium(tm) >>cpu I686_CPU # aka Pentium Pro(tm) >> >> >> >>>nocpu I486_CPU ? >>> >>>Or is this irrelevant as the build knows what CPU I have? >> >>if the description is true, it's relevant ;) > > > Sure, but I think it's the *syntax* that matters here? > options -> nooptions / i486_cpu -> no??? > It's OK to leave GENERIC alone, but HOW are things switched off? sorry, my sentence was incomplete, I wanted to say : if the description is true, it's relevant to have this option -- Philippe PEGON