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Date:      Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:39:49 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
To:        jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu (Jerry McAllister)
Cc:        drew@mykitchentable.net (Drew Tomlinson), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Questions)
Subject:   Re: /etc/make.conf - Multiple Machines
Message-ID:  <200211082039.gA8Kdpv19744@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200211082036.gA8Ka7m19671@clunix.cl.msu.edu> from "Jerry McAllister" at Nov 08, 2002 03:36:07 PM

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> > 
> > I'm trying to set up a build machine as described in section 21.5 of the
> > Handbook.  The directions say to use a common /etc/make.conf for all
> > machines that will share binaries.  One of my machines is an i686 class
> > CPU.  The other is an i585 CPU.  To what value should I set CPUTYPE.
> > Default (nothing)? i586 as it's the lowest common denominator?  And is
> > there any value in setting CFLAGS and COPTFLAGS after setting CPUTYPE to
> > whatever I should set it?
> 
> You can have more than one 'cpu' entry in the conf file.
> so:
> 
>   cpu       I486_CPU
>   cpu       I586_CPU
>   cpu       I686_CPU
> 
> Would be legal if you want.   Supposedly it makes the kernel just a bit
> bigger, but not a lot.

Oops, just remembered one thing.  If you have an SMP system, then you don't 
want any lower than I586-CPU specified.

////jerry

> 
> ////jerry
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Drew
> > 
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