From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 30 07:31:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71BD637B401; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:31:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.cordis.lu (mail.cordis.lu [212.190.217.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1191C43FBF; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:31:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from a.carter@cordis.lu) Received: from mailsvr.intrasoft.lu (mail.intrasoft.lu [212.190.217.251]) by mail.cordis.lu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3UEg11d013289; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:42:01 +0200 Received: by mail.intrasoft.lu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:27:50 +0200 Received: from 212.190.217.170 ([212.190.217.170]) by mailsvr.intrasoft.lu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2656.59) id JS23BYQH; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:27:45 +0200 From: CARTER Anthony To: John Baldwin , CARTER Anthony Organization: Intrasoft Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:31:59 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304301631.59989.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-129.6 required=4.2 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,NIGERIAN_SUBJECT2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_KMAIL,USER_IN_WHITELIST version=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: URGENT HELP REQUIRED X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:31:20 -0000 Hi, I was following a post on current when I changed to CPU_TYPE=p4... Also, I know how to get the CPU information from dmesg...The reason that I put p4 was accidental, it was cause I thought I had a PIV and didn't check...set it...basta... I do apologise for this mistake, and hope everyone will forgive me... Thanks, Anthony On Tuesday 29 April 2003 18:48, John Baldwin wrote: > On 29-Apr-2003 CARTER Anthony wrote: > > I DID compile with make.conf containing CPU_TYPE=p4... > > > > maybe an avenue...how do I fix without destroying everything? I AM on a > > PIII box (thought it was PIV). :( > > > > Thanks, a little wiser... > > Might I suggest that you run -stable for a while until you are a bit > more familiar with FreeBSD? The deprecation of DRM_LINUX was clearly > pointed out on the cvs-all@ when it happend, and people tracking > current really should be reading cvs-all@. Also, being able to > identify what CPU your system has from the dmesg is a rather basic > > task: > > dmesg | grep -A 2 ^CPU > > CPU: Intel Pentium III (696.97-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x683 Stepping = 3 > Features=0x383f9ff CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE> > > Finally, specifically with regards to CPUTYPE=p4, gcc is known to have > some problems with -march=p4 even on P4 machines as has been discussed > on current@ several times in the past few months. Following the threads > on current@ is a rather good idea when tracking -current much like > tracking cvs-all@.