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Date:      Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:39:32 +0200
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/examples/etc make.conf src/share/mk bsd.cpu.mk
Message-ID:  <867j06k4fv.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.0.20060914075326.1590ce90@sentex.net> (Mike Tancsa's message of "Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:59:50 -0400")
References:  <200609130839.k8D8dGt9063305@repoman.freebsd.org> <7.0.1.0.0.20060913081925.08da2b20@sentex.net> <86k646lr1m.fsf@dwp.des.no> <7.0.1.0.0.20060914075326.1590ce90@sentex.net>

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Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> writes:
> Sorry, C3.  i.e. If I add the VIA C3 as the CPU type in my make.conf,
> what are the benefits ?  I did a quick grep through the RELENG_6
> source tree and didnt find anything obvious. I make use of the padlock
> module and the openssl padlock crypto engine but the cpu optimizations
> were there already. I was just wondering if you knew of any additional
> benefits.

It provides the correct combination of features (i.e. 3DNow! without
k5 / k6 instructions or SSE without i686 instructions).  Previously,
the closest match was pentium-mmx, which disables 3DNow! / SSE.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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