Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:15:06 -0600 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org Subject: Re: kernel info question Message-ID: <200501251715.06864.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <41F6D0ED.3070802@orchid.homeunix.org> References: <200501251625.30486.algould@datawok.com> <200501251649.22907.algould@datawok.com> <41F6D0ED.3070802@orchid.homeunix.org>
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On Tuesday 25 January 2005 05:06 pm, Karol Kwiatkowski wrote: > Andrew L. Gould wrote: > > On Tuesday 25 January 2005 04:37 pm, Karol Kwiatkowski wrote: > >>Andrew L. Gould wrote: > >>>I'm about to recompile a kernel on a computer with an AMD K6-2 450 > >>>processor. Is the K6-2 an i586 or i686 CPU? > >> > >>I *think* it's i586 but have a look at dmesg output. > >> > >>There should be something like: > >> > >># dmesg | grep CPU > >>CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ (1674.44-MHz 686-class CPU) > > > > Thanks. (Yep, it's i586.) > > I'm not sure: is it a question about CPUTYPE flag in /etc/make.conf? > Because right after my first reply I saw this in > > /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf (about CPUTYPE): > > # Currently the following CPU types are recognized: > > # Intel x86 architecture: > > # (AMD CPUs) athlon-mp athlon-xp athlon-4 athlon-tbird > > athlon k6-3 # k6-2 k6 k5 > > # (Intel CPUs) p4 p3 p2 i686 i586/mmx i586 i486 i386 > > # Alpha/AXP architecture: ev67 ev6 pca56 ev56 ev5 ev45 ev4 > > # Intel ia64 architecture: itanium > > Probably setting CPUTYPE=k6-2 would be best. > > > Regards, > > Karol I'm selecting CPU types in the kernel configuration file, which lists only i386, i486, i586 and i686. Andrew Gould
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