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Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:13:05 +0200
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it
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On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 11:56:56AM +0200, Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it wrote:
> 
> I noticed that -mcpu=ev67 isn't supported on gcc version from FreeBSD 4.8
> and also the kernel does not report the model of the alpha CPU:
> 
> COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000, 666MHz
> 8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
> CPU: major=11 minor=9
>  extensions=0x307<BWX,FIX,CIX,MVI,PRECISE>
> OSF PAL rev: 0x1001600020153
> 
> is it normal?

Well.. normal.. but not something I would worry about too much. Apparantly
the CPU detection code does not have the right check for this particular
chip version.

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