Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 11:14:52 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Studded@gorean.org Cc: dnelson@emsphone.com Subject: Re: Cyrix 6x86 CPU Message-ID: <199811021614.LAA00845@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <363BA458.604FFB30@gorean.org>
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> > Dan Nelson wrote: > > > So for all but the most rabid performace freaks that can sense when a > > branch is predicted wrong or when a pipeline stalls, including all > > possible CPU types will make absolutely no difference. > > So if we know how to conditionalize this code, why is it still > necessary to specify the cpu type? Why not have /usr/sbin/config detect > the cpu type and DTRT? (Or whatever convenient/efficient mechanism is > appropriate.) > > Doug That's nice if you're config'ing on the machine where you plan to run the resulting kernel. What if you're doing a build for a kernel that is meant to run somewhere else? - Dave R. - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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