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Date:      Sun, 29 Jul 2001 14:51:00 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: =?us-ascii?Q?CPUTYPE_=3D=3F____p4_p3_p2_i686_i586=2Fmmx_i586_i486_i386?=
Message-ID:  <20010729145059.A94563@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0107300027570.3145-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>; from yurtesen@ispro.net.tr on Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 12:31:27AM %2B0300
References:  <20010728044352.A66608@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0107300027570.3145-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>

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On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 12:31:27AM +0300, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> But if I have i686 set it will work on p2,p3,p4 but if I have p4 set
> then it wont work on p2 and p3 right? It wouldnt be nice if i686 doesnt
> work on all pentiumII/III/IV machines because I like to make buildworld
> on one machine and then use NFS to install to many others. That is so
> practical. But we have celeron,pII,PIII machines so far.
> It is difficult again if I have to make buildworld for each of them.
> I might choose some convenience over some optimizations when the speed is
> not so big deal.

Yes, it's upwards-compatible but not downwards.

Kris

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