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Date:      Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:59:32 -0400
From:      David Rhodus <drhodus@machdep.com>
To:        obrien@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CPUTYPE in /etc/make.conf
Message-ID:  <40C9F304.8010607@machdep.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040611173706.GA28135@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <XFMail.20040611030238.conrads@cox.net> <20040611173706.GA28135@dragon.nuxi.com>

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David O'Brien wrote:

>On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 03:02:38AM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
>  
>
>>Could someone please confirm for me whether or not I'm using the best
>>CPUTYPE for my processor?
>>    
>>
>
>Don't use ANY CPUTYPE in /etc/make.conf.
>(I assume you're running in 64-bit mode since you're asking on this list
>and not another).
>
>There is no reason to specify one at all.  There is a single CPU core for
>AMD64 right now, so GCC knows exactly what core you have and what to do
>for it.
>  
>
Single core for "right now", is that going to be changing soon ? If so 
hopefully we
will see both core have their own cache.

-DR



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