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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:10:28 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@uol.com.br>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, jkh@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: make.conf lack of CPUTYPE=k6-3 support
Message-ID:  <3AAC8474.186B4D58@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200103120646.f2C6kjp84242@vic.sabbo.net>

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Maxim Sobolev wrote:

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> > On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 12:29:58AM -0300, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wr=
> > ote:
> > > Hi,
> > >=20
> > >     Is there anything against adding support for
> > > k6-3 to the just added CPUTYPE mechanism? :)
> > >     My little machine feels left out. Hehehhe
> > >     I made a simple patch to etc/defaults/make.conf
> > > and share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk
> > >     Should I have touched anything else?
> > >=20
> > >     Regards,
> > >=20
> > > ps: I think this can be MFCed asap (even during the
> > > veil period) since it is very straightforward.
> >
> > Looks fine to me. I'll commit it.
>
> I see no reason for it. k6-3 is essentially k6-2 core with extra cache on
> chip. Threre are no other significant differencies in the features or
> instruction set.

Not even to mention that there is such a beast as k6-2+....

I would suggest to rename k6-2 into k6/3dnow (similarly to what we have for
i586/mmx) and put a note saying that k6/3dnow should be used for k6-2/k6-2+/k6-3.

-Maxim


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