On Monday 15 January 2007 14:42, Daniel Tourde wrote: > Hello, > > Let me present myself: > - I am an advanced user of Gentoo Linux. I know quiet a lot about that > system and about how to optimize it to fit the hardware the best possible > way. - I am a casual FreeBSD user. I like it a lot though, it is lean and > very well structured. > > I am the happy own of a Dell Inspiron 9400 with a Dual Core processor in it > (note, not a Dual Core 2). > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/Safe_Cflags gives some information about this > processor and about the parameter to give to gcc to obtain the best out of > it: > > Intel Core Solo/Duo (Yonah) > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 14 > model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU [Model] @ XXXGHz > (the above info is from a T2400, other models may have different cpu > families and model numbers) > CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" > CFLAGS="-march=prescott -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" > > This is a 32bit chip > Note: It has been confirmed by [EMAIL PROTECTED] that prescott is the > correct microarchitecture to use with this CPU. > > So now, I am trying to rebuild my FreeBSD 6.2 system playing a bit with the > parameters in the make.conf file (see /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf) to > get the best out of my machine (double processor, MMX, SSE[1-3] and co...) > #CPUTYPE?=pentium3 > #NO_CPU_CFLAGS= # Don't add -march=<cpu> to CFLAGS automatically > #NO_CPU_COPTFLAGS= # Don't add -march=<cpu> to COPTFLAGS automatically > > > So far, the only thing I did was to set CPUTYPE to pentium4 but I am pretty > sure, it can be done in a better way. The question being 'how?'
"prescott" is listed as an option for CPUTYPE in /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf. So "CPUTYPE?=prescott" in /etc/make.conf should do fine for you. JN _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
