Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 17:07:15 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Performance 686 - 386 Message-ID: <20020307160715.GA4680@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <44eliwidsm.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> References: <20020307011204.M17911-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <44eliwidsm.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
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On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 10:43:37AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > 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. > I think such a statement needs substantiating, or at least qualifying. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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