From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 18 06:54:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F09116A404 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:54:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yurtesen-dated-1146207252.e708ee@ispro.net.tr) Received: from smtp.ispro.net.tr (smtp.ispro.net.tr [62.244.220.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C882843D48 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:54:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from yurtesen-dated-1146207252.e708ee@ispro.net.tr) Received: (qmail 20522 invoked by uid 89); 18 Apr 2006 06:54:13 -0000 Received: from [88.192.33.112] (dsl-aur-ff21c000-112.dhcp.inet.fi [88.192.33.112]) by localhost.my.domain (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:54:08 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <44448CEF.6070701@ispro.net.tr> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:53:35 +0300 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060418) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Long References: <20060417120045.B89BD16A4E1@hub.freebsd.org> <20060417222323.GA26669@ns.museum.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20060417222323.GA26669@ns.museum.rain.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.0.3 (Seattle Slew) From: Evren Yurtesen X-Primary-Address: yurtesen@ispro.net.tr Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPUTYPE=athlon-xp and loader 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: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:54:16 -0000 James Long wrote: >> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:43:58 +0300 >> From: Evren Yurtesen >> Subject: CPUTYPE=athlon-xp and loader >> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> Message-ID: <4442582E.9030507@ispro.net.tr> >> >> Hello, >> >> I have a problem which I have found out from mailing lists that some >> other people had. However there is no clear solution. >> >> The CPUTYPE=athlon-xp in make.conf breaks /boot/loader that system >> instant reboots. I am using 6-stable and from what I can see the problem >> goes back till about 5.3... Sometime between Oct 12-15, 2005 >> >> http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=freebsd-current&a=2004-10&m=435817 >> >> I wonder if this will ever be fixed or I shouldnt use CPUTYPE=athlon-xp >> anymore on FreeBSD because of this? >> >> Thanks, >> Evren > > I don't propose this as a solution, but as far as I know, the best practice > is: > > CPUTYPE?=athlon-xp > > > Note the question mark. > > I don't know that this will solve your problem, just pointing out > the correct syntax, for whatever CPUTYPE you decide to use. > Doesnt the ? mean that it should be set if it is not set yet? I can give it a try to this, next time I build world however I dont think that it will compile loader without cputype athlon-xp set so... I just thought that loader doesnt need to be so optimized anyhow. It is more important that it loads at boot and there are people on this list who has problems with the optimizations and I found some more on google. So the best is to either fix the code in loader or do not optimize it. But of course I dont care so much after all I learned to live with it. :) Just wanted to point out that this kind of problem exists for over a year! Thanks, Evren