Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:15:15 -0800 (PST) From: admin@forkthepenguin.com To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Kernel Optimizations for Processors Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.58L.0312291403360.20196@vp4.netgate.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20031229165953.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <XFMail.20031229165953.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 29-Dec-2003 admin@forkthepenguin.com wrote: > >> > # NO_F00F_HACK disables the hack that prevents Pentiums (and ONLY > >> > # Pentiums) from locking up when a LOCK CMPXCHG8B instruction is > >> > # executed. This option is only needed if I586_CPU is also defined, > >> > # and should be included for any non-Pentium CPU that defines it. > >> > >> 'and ONLY Pentiums' > > > > It also says "should be included for any non-Pentium CPU that defines it" > > but how do you know if the C# defines this? Is this another item that > > would show up in the "Features" list? I looked at a PI-133 I have and > > don't see it : > > It means that if you have 'cpu I586_CPU' in your kernel config and > you aren't running a Pentium, then you can define this option. However, > it won't really buy you much since we only install the F00F hack once > during bootup and all adding this option will do is just not check for > it at bootup. Cool, thanks for the clarification. I do not have I586_CPU defined in my kernel conf (only I686_CPU) and had no problems building the kernel. Under Linux you have to define -march=i586 to build the kernel properly for the C3. I bring this up because you can specify CPUTYPE in the /etc/defaults/make.conf. According to the notes in that file, the following cpus can be defined : # Intel x86 architecture: # (AMD CPUs) k7 k6-2 k6 k5 # (Intel CPUs) p4 p3 p2 i686 i586/mmx i586 i486 i386 # Alpha/AXP architecture: ev6 pca56 ev56 ev5 ev45 ev4 Does CPUTYPE affect the -march flag? I ask because gnu apparently supports the VIA C3 using -march=c3. As a test I set CPUTYPE=c3 and had no problems building the kernel nor do I see any evidence that CPUTYPE was pulled from make.conf during the kernel build. Is CPUTYPE only used for application optimizations? I suspect that adding CPUTYPE=c3 was a misguided assumption based on the gnu docs (see below). http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.3.1/gcc/i386-and-x86-64-Options.html#i386%20and%20x86-64%20Options Chris
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