Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 14:05:41 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org> To: magudexter <magudexter@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: k6 or i686 optimization on AMD Athlon? Message-ID: <200209021205.g82C5f0O087599@peedub.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Sep 2002 04:01:57 PDT." <20020902110157.51962.qmail@web20305.mail.yahoo.com>
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magudexter writes: > I recently purchase a AMD XP processor belonging to > the k7 family. Even though the /etc/default/make.conf > mentions the k7 processor in CPUTYPE the cc compiler > know only k6 and i686(alias pentiumpro). > > Every build using the make.conf with the CPUTYPE=k7 > make actually a build with march=k6(which belongs to > i586 family). > Support for Athlons depends on the compiler version. gcc-3.2, just imported to -current, has: march=athlon|march=athlon-tbird|march=athlon-4|march=athlon-xp mcpu=athlon|mcpu=athlon-tbird|mcpu=athlon-4|mcpu=athlon-xp|mcpu=athlon-mp If you're using an older version of gcc (like 2.95), then the Athlon is not explicitly supported. --- Gary Jennejohn / garyj@jennejohn.org gj@freebsd.org gj@denx.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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