Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 08:52:46 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make.conf CPUTYPE Xeon Conroe? Message-ID: <20080305195246.GC99107@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <560f92640803050955m2996c796vc02f991a0453a4ba@mail.gmail.com> References: <560f92640803050955m2996c796vc02f991a0453a4ba@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:55:48AM -0800, 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?
I would suggest that you *NOT* set the CPUTYPE. The gains are are
minimal compared to the pain you will have if you also use the ports
system.
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Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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