Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:03:55 -0600 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> Subject: Re: make.conf CPUTYPE Xeon Conroe? Message-ID: <200803051304.00016.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <560f92640803050955m2996c796vc02f991a0453a4ba@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 05 March 2008 11:55:48 am Nerius Landys wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD 7.0 on a server with an Intel Xeon Dual-Core 3060
> Conroe (2.4GHz) CPU.
> I'm wondering what I should set CPUTYPE to in my /etc/make.conf.
> The file /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf has this information:
>
> # (Intel CPUs) core2 core nocona pentium4m pentium4 prescott
> # pentium3m pentium3 pentium-m pentium2
> # pentiumpro pentium-mmx pentium i486 i386
>
> I guess those are the possibilities. Which one should I choose for my
> processor?
>
> Also, by accident, I had CPUTYPE=p4 in my make.conf when I compiled world,
> kernel, and ports. "p4" is a flag from older FreeBSD distributions I
> think. Will this ("this" meaning both that "p4" may be unrecognized and/or
> it's not my processor type) cause any problems, or should I recompile
> everything with the correct CPUTYPE flag? Installing world is a hassle
> because it's not easy for me to do it from single user mode.
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Nerius
As a general rule, setting a CPUTYPE is something you should try to
avoid...there's all sorts of breakage it can cause for very little gain. If
you're heart is set on it though, your CPU is a core2.
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Thanks,
Josh Paetzel
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