From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 15 19:31:38 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD68EE6 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:31:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnagyjr1978@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ye0-f182.google.com (mail-ye0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B39148FC12 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:31:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ye0-f182.google.com with SMTP id q5so943153yen.13 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:31:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=swaPHAuNJCYXpmeH9CT1zyDmHjj6Aq8Z8Xw9fpFkB5s=; b=BS49VYwUlZSeO4nRqed1xsUUaNx3pgOrFSMtIxiSxDYFssg/JKm8iJJ2bH42VOWWlI YdyR0EYNddH9bJhOqnZ7KGB8tGj0i8AKWEmP7xNcUIpSpTMXRZvC+0WBfESt1lAisnNP BziERbP/812dWBSL3eWoVtLqB2kk/GhEWcojm/cSRjsBIKrpbYSyAoluSrv5MKN6vfQ1 lHoPsfZ6lNfCT94K4ElGvF7YggKUZ8Mj0R5Ed8I4NNA5tAct+XUbJ0VT7yHpRGYCq1kD 2cV+3bN2I/14EJUxWaAVZ+7EWgZFDDFfOaiPgxD9NVL1MnOzhz+KDA6zQlE6peb8hG2D oTqg== Received: by 10.236.117.104 with SMTP id i68mr699764yhh.82.1355599890950; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:31:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.33] (vid-196.dhcp.grp10.tnmmrl.infoave.net. [204.116.254.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x9sm8336491yhl.17.2012.12.15.11.31.29 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:31:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <50CCD00F.4060806@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:31:27 -0600 From: "Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cpu setting in kernel options file References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:31:38 -0000 On 12/15/12 00:21, b.f. wrote: >> The really important bit being the first line. Could I put K8 and >> gcc/clang be okay with it? Or should I leave the cpu line in my kernel >> conf file alone? >> > > Leave it alone. The choices for the cpu directive in the kernel > config file, as described in config(5) and listed in > src/sys/conf/options. (the only choice for amd64 is HAMMER), > have nothing to do with the choices available for the CPUTYPE variable > (which you may want to change to suit your hardware -- these are the > architecture-dependent options available for the -march and -mtune > directives of your compiler that are also recognized by bsd.cpu.mk), > or with the cpu descriptions printed during boot. > > b. > Thanks! -- Yours in Christ, Joseph A Nagy Jr "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid." -- Proverbs 12:1 Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Original content CopyFree (F) under the OWL http://owl.apotheon.org