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Date:      Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:45:11 +0000
From:      Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>
To:        swhetzel@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is it safe to use CPUTYPE?=native on 7.0 ?
Message-ID:  <E1J3xY7-00011v-9H@dilbert.ticketswitch.com>
In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0712160847m4c25cf31t756f0a7988e2e1f8@mail.gmail.com>

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> While setting CPUTYPE=native in /etc/make.conf may work, it fails to
> set MACHINE_CPU to the correct values for your processor type.
>
> The problem is that bsd.cpu.mk doesn't know how to handle CPU type 'native'.

Ah, O.K. - thats the kind of thing I was worried about...

> There is a simple fix for this problem by applying the attached patch
> which uses:

Great, thanks. Out of curiosity, how come this patch isn't in 7.0 ? 

-pete.



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