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Date:      Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:47:42 +0100
From:      Karol Kwiatkowski <karol.kwiat@gmail.com>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Optimizationn questions?
Message-ID:  <45F8A5BE.20704@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070315011651.GA1524@thought.org>
References:  <20070315011651.GA1524@thought.org>

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Gary Kline wrote:
> 	Two quick one for kernel and/or compiler wizards:  first, is
> 	a 400Mz processor considered a 586 (for my KERNELCONF file)?

That depends on processor architecture rather than clock frequency. Have
a look at dmesg output - for example, Intel Celeron 400Mhz is a 686
class processor (I686_CPU in the kernel configuration file):

% dmesg
% [...]
% CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (400.91-MHz 686-class CPU)
% [...]

> 	Second, is it safe to do a buildworld with -O3?  If there are
> 	stability concerns, I'll go with the default when I rebuild my
> 	6.2 systems.

If you're going to do stability/performance/compatibility tests go
ahead. In any other situation just stick with the defaults, which on
6.2-RELEASE for my Celeron are:

# (cd /usr/src && make -V CFLAGS )
-O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -march=3Dpentiumpro

Note that '-march=3Dpentiumpro' comes from setting 'CPUTYPE=3Di686' in
/etc/make.conf (examples in /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf).

HTH,

Karol

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