Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:18:16 +0200 From: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPUTYPE in general - was Re: Which CPUTYPE for a dualcore Xeon on AMD64 Message-ID: <20070625181816.GC25719@ted.stsp.lan> In-Reply-To: <467FFF41.10204@math.missouri.edu> References: <467EF0C1.1010609@optiksecurite.com> <ab581e310706250250m4ec2432fide67251d7bcad132@mail.gmail.com> <467FFF41.10204@math.missouri.edu>
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--eHhjakXzOLJAF9wJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 12:45:37PM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > Also, does setting CPUTYPE make a lot of difference to performance? I don't notice any difference in performance on my Athlon xp 2400 box if I set CPUTYPE=3Dathlon-xp vs. leaving it alone. YMMV though, ask the gentoo people :) > Right now I have no CPUTYPE set at all. Also leaving CPUTYPE unset means I can plug the system disc into any other old x86 box without hitting illegal instructions. In case my motherboard fries itself again some time like the old one did a few weeks ago I'll be glad I can do this. --=20 stefan http://stsp.name PGP Key: 0xF59D25F0 --eHhjakXzOLJAF9wJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGgAbo5dMCc/WdJfARAl/xAJ0XEXw0D37haxLpi9mNjc4cW2xyrwCfVf2o //77oK5kMQxQV13kI4hwP9U= =15kJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eHhjakXzOLJAF9wJ--
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