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Subject: Re: kernel optimization
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On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 14:15, James McNaughton wrote:
>
> Do the options
> 
> CPUTYPE=i586/mmx
> CFLAGS= -O -pipe
> NOPROFILE=true
> 
> in /etc/make.conf do anything for the kernel, or do they just affect
> userland?
> 
> Just wondering...

I believe the CPUTYPE will affect the kernel, but you should use
COPTFLAGS to pass compiler flags through to the kernel, or at least some
parts of it. (You can also specify these in your kernel config file.)

NOPROFILE just says not to build profiled libraries, and as such has
very little to do with the kernel.

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