Re: Intel EM64T Processor Platform

From: Andre Guibert de Bruet (andy_at_siliconlandmark.com)
Date: 05/31/05

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To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>

    On Sun, 29 May 2005, Roland Smith wrote:
    > On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 12:00:29AM -0800, Jack L. wrote:
    >>
    >> What cpu type should I use for make.conf and the kernel if I want to
    >> use the AMD64 platform?
    >
    > You do not need to have anything special in make.conf, and the GENERIC
    > kernel for amd64 contains the necessary 'machine' and 'cpu' paramaters.

    This is not entirely correct. Sure, your system will run without anything
    special in make.conf; But if you want decent performance, you probably
    want to set CPUTYPE to "nocona" in order to get a build that is tailored
    to your cpu (SSE3, etc). More information on what that CPUTYPE enables is
    available in /usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk.

    Cheers,
    Andy

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