Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-24 Thread Dmitry Morozovsky
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Tony Frank wrote: [snip] TF : If True, for optimized code across all machines, the code should TF : just be built on each machine, right? TF That would give slightly better performance. However, it can be more TF pain than it is worth if the number of machine types

Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-23 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D J Hawkey Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : True or False: Setting CPUTYPE to the lowest target CPU (p2) in : a build machine's make.conf will cripple the performance of target : machines with higher CPUs (p3, p4, i586, i686, etc.). False. It might have a

Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-23 Thread D J Hawkey Jr
On Feb 23, at 09:12 AM, M. Warner Losh wrote: In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D J Hawkey Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : True or False: Setting CPUTYPE to the lowest target CPU (p2) in : a build machine's make.conf will cripple the performance of target : machines with higher CPUs

Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-23 Thread Tony Frank
Hi, On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 10:46:07AM -0600, D J Hawkey Jr wrote: On Feb 23, at 09:12 AM, M. Warner Losh wrote: In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D J Hawkey Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : True or False: Setting CPUTYPE to the lowest target CPU (p2) in : a build machine's

Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-22 Thread Tony Frank
Hi, On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 11:23:28AM -0600, D J Hawkey Jr wrote: On Feb 21, at 05:56 PM, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: DJHJ Second, two machines are of the same architecture, but they have different DJHJ CPUs: One is an Intel PIII, but the other is a PII. Will the world built DJHJ on a PIII

Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-22 Thread D J Hawkey Jr
OK, I've cross-posted this message to -hackers, to see if we can get some sort of definitive [to me] answer. Please forgive if it's considered bad form. -hackers: There is a thread in -questions in response to my query as to building the world and kernels for a variety of Intel CPUs on one

Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-21 Thread D J Hawkey Jr
Hi all. I recently acquired a laptop whose world and kernel I'd like to have built by a different machine on my LAN. Chapter 21.5 of the current Handbook lays things out pretty well, but I do have a couple of questions before proceeding. The Handbook states: Finally[,] make sure that

Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-21 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
Hi D J Hawkey Jr, you wrote. DJHJ So, two machines use the same world, except that a laptop doesn't want DJHJ profiled libraries or games. Since the install is separate from the build, DJHJ the build machine's make.conf must _not_ define NOPROFILE nor NOGAMES, If that machine itself wants those,

Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-21 Thread D J Hawkey Jr
On Feb 21, at 05:56 PM, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: DJHJ Second, two machines are of the same architecture, but they have different DJHJ CPUs: One is an Intel PIII, but the other is a PII. Will the world built DJHJ on a PIII be correct for a PII? Similarly, will the kernel for the PII DJHJ built