Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:11:13 -0600 From: Craig Boston <craig@feniz.gank.org> To: Joel Hatton <freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.x, 6.x and CPUTYPE Message-ID: <20051107151050.GA1212@nowhere> In-Reply-To: <200511070621.jA76LuC5049734@app.auscert.org.au> References: <200511070621.jA76LuC5049734@app.auscert.org.au>
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On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 04:21:56PM +1000, Joel Hatton wrote: > I've noticed that some CPU definitions have changed in /etc/make.conf > between 5 and 6. For good or for bad, I have up until now been building > 5.x for both p3 and p4 architectures with 'i686' but this particular > definition's removal from 6.x has given me cause to rethink my strategy. > I'd like to know: Joel, thanks for pointing this out, I hadn't noticed this until I saw your message. I always build my production servers with CPUTYPE=i686 so they can be transplanted to any machine with a PPro or better processor (or even qemu if necessary). Looking at bsd.cpu.mk, it appears that i686 *IS* still accepted (for 5.x compat?) and is just aliased to CPUTYPE=pentiumpro. Craig
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