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Date:      Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:13:10 -0600
From:      David Alanis <canito@dalan.us>
To:        Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: make.conf CPUTYPE Xeon Conroe?
Message-ID:  <20080305141310.wetm86e9coskcg44@mail.dalan.us>
In-Reply-To: <20080305195246.GC99107@osiris.chen.org.nz>
References:  <560f92640803050955m2996c796vc02f991a0453a4ba@mail.gmail.com> <20080305195246.GC99107@osiris.chen.org.nz>

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Alike other users how can you compare the benefits pros/cons of =20
setting the CPU type?

Documentation reads otherwise and it only mentions possible cons in =20
one section?

# CFLAGS controls the compiler settings used when compiling C code.
# Note that optimization settings other than -O and -O2 are not recommended
# or supported for compiling the world or the kernel - please revert any
# nonstandard optimization settings to "-O" or "-O2 -fno-strict-aliasing"
# before submitting bug reports without patches to the developers.

I needs  proof :)

David-

Quoting Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>:

> 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.
> --
> Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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