Date: 07 Mar 2002 10:43:37 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com Subject: Re: Performance 686 - 386 Message-ID: <44eliwidsm.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <20020307011204.M17911-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020307011204.M17911-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> writes: > In my /etc/defaults/make.conf file, the line for CPUTYPE is commented out. > Does this matter? Or is this option/parameter obtained from the current > kernel or something...? It doesn't matter. If it isn't specified, things will be compiled so as to work on *any* x86 processor. The performance advantage of specifying your particular CPU is probably negligible. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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