On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:41:04 -0500 Carmel <carmel...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I just acquired an older Gateway GT5220 with an AMD 62 Athlon-x2 > dual processor. I want to set it up as a sort of test machine. There > does not seem to be a specific setting for 'cpu-type' or 'march' for > this machine. I have notices on some Linux forums that they recommend > using the 'native' keyword; i.e., "march=native" in the 'make.conf' > file to get the most optimization out of the CPU. Would that be > correct for FreeBSD also? Would it also be appropriate for other CPUs > as well? FreeBSD sets "march" and other default settings based on CPUTYPE. It's probably better to set that. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
