From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 2 09:06:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0E2E16A405 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 09:06:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stas@FreeBSD.org) Received: from com1.ht-systems.ru (com1.ht-systems.ru [83.97.104.204]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64DCC13C4B9 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 09:06:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stas@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [213.87.72.70] (helo=phonon.SpringDaemons.com) by com1.ht-systems.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HCuEy-0008DC-60; Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:57:54 +0300 Received: from localhost (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by phonon.SpringDaemons.com (Postfix) with SMTP id CB4A311473; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:13:34 +0300 (MSK) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:13:24 +0300 From: Stanislav Sedov To: Thomas Roberts Message-Id: <20070202111324.974278e4.stas@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <270372.75801.qm@web58904.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <270372.75801.qm@web58904.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Organization: The FreeBSD Project X-Mailer: carrier-pigeon X-Voice: +7 916 849 20 23 X-XMPP: ssedov@jabber.ru X-ICQ: 208105021 X-Yahoo: stanislav_sedov X-PGP-Fingerprint: F21E D6CC 5626 9609 6CE2 A385 2BF5 5993 EB26 9581 X-University: MEPhI Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Fri__2_Feb_2007_11_13_24_+0300_YAP+YrAmHLM.13E7" X-Spam-Flag: SKIP X-Spam-Yversion: Spamooborona 1.6.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:42:47 +0000 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Sempron/ISO question 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: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:06:47 -0000 --Signature=_Fri__2_Feb_2007_11_13_24_+0300_YAP+YrAmHLM.13E7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 21:16:12 -0800 (PST) Thomas Roberts mentioned: > I need help deciding which ISO to install on my > machine, which is a Compaq Presario SR1620NX. The > FreeBSD/amd64 Project web page says the Sempron uses > the AMD64 architecture so I installed the amd64 > 6.2-RELEASE ISO. Since I want to stay with STABLE I > started reading on how to do it and am now confused as > to what I should do.The /var/log/dmesg.today file > says: > > CPU: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3400+ (1989.82-MHz > k8-class CPU) > Origin="AuthenticAMD" Id=0x20ff2 Stepping=2 > > While searching through bsdforums.org a poster said > the k8-class CPU is an Athlon64 locked in 32-bit mode > and if anyone has this CPU they should be using the > i386 ISO. > > Whether I use the i386 or amd64 ISO I will be putting > the CPUTYPE?=k8 in my make.conf file so my question is > "Since I am specifying the CPUTYPE should I stay with > amd64 or start over with i386?" I am not worried > about not having 64-bit capabilities, but I am worried > that using the i386 ISO will not use the CPU to its fulest. > Since you have successfully installed 6.2/amd64 this is essentially an AMD64-enabled machine. So don't worry and use amd64 edition and use k8 as CPU type. -- Stanislav Sedov ST4096-RIPE --Signature=_Fri__2_Feb_2007_11_13_24_+0300_YAP+YrAmHLM.13E7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFwvKuK/VZk+smlYERAjkcAJ9eeI9P062kh+wB7kqmqzUlU9xrBgCcCso9 A+3x9ZPvz9yhXycLw061zXM= =OtuO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Fri__2_Feb_2007_11_13_24_+0300_YAP+YrAmHLM.13E7--