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Date:      Sun, 12 May 2002 00:34:30 -0500
From:      "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Subject:   Re: patch to add athlon to bsd.cpu.mk
Message-ID:  <20020512053430.GA52586@leviathan.inethouston.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020511133505.C13914@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <200205111912.g4BJCG8W072725@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20020511130835.B55218@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020511133505.C13914@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 01:35:05PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 01:08:35PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 12:12:16PM -0700, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
> > > -.  if ${CPUTYPE} == "k7"
> > > -_CPUCFLAGS = -march=k6	# gcc doesn't support athlon yet, but it will
> > > +.  if ${CPUTYPE} == "athlon"
> > > +_CPUCFLAGS = -march=athlon
> > 
> > AFAIK the k7 is a valid name for the athlon (marchitecture name).
> > Don't break backwards compatibility here.
> 
> Nope.  Athlon(tm) is the correct name, just like there really isn't a
> "i586".  I just posted a patch for review.  Being the originator of
> bsd.cpu.mk, I hope you review it.

So if I have an athlon-xp do I set CPUTYPE to athlon and it handles 
everything for me and selects the correct one or athlon-xp?
-- 
David W. Chapman Jr.
dwcjr@inethouston.net	Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net>
dwcjr@freebsd.org	FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org>

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