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Date:      Sun, 30 Jun 2002 00:23:16 -0500
From:      David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
To:        BSD baby <bsd@hitmedia.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: are things optimized for i686 if that's in our kernel?
Message-ID:  <200206300023.16943.dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020629210123.A14439@mail.hitmedia.com>
References:  <20020629210123.A14439@mail.hitmedia.com>

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On Saturday 29 June 2002 11:01 pm, BSD baby wrote:
> simple question:
> 
> If I recompile the kernel to show that I've got dual CPU i686, 
> does the software I install after that (from ports or source)
> *optimize* itself for that CPU?

Your kernel configuration file only affects the compilation of your kernel.  
See /etc/defaults/make.conf for general make optimizations.

-David

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