Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:26:03 +0100 From: Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel info question Message-ID: <41F6D58B.6090509@orchid.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <200501251715.06864.algould@datawok.com> References: <200501251625.30486.algould@datawok.com> <200501251649.22907.algould@datawok.com> <41F6D0ED.3070802@orchid.homeunix.org> <200501251715.06864.algould@datawok.com>
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Andrew L. Gould wrote: > 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 Ah, of course. I586_CPU then. Sorry for the noise, it's late here :) Good luck! Karol -- Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org>
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