Re: CPUTYPE for VIA EPIA EDEN in /etc/make.conf on FreeBSD 6.1
Owen G wrote: I'm trying to get a little more speed out of my 600MHz mini-itx box as I convert it into a FReeBSD fileserver (with GUI) . . . I'm trying to find the right settings for /etc/make.conf and would appreciate your help. dmesg.boot shows the processor as being: CPU: VIA C3 Samuel 2 (601.37-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "Centaurhauls" Id = 0x673 Stepping = 3 Features=0x803035 [ ... ] These VIA C3 processors are basically a low-power Pentium+MMX processor, and I've used: CPUTYPE=pentium CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe ...OK under later 5.x and 6.x releases. Using CPUTYPE=i686/pentium2 resulted in the bootloader and the kernel containing instructions which the CPU couldn't handle (ie, the system halted and panic'ed) when I tried. I believe you could use CPUTYPE=pentiumpro or pentium-mmx OK, but there didn't seem to be any performance difference, and I'm leery of chasing the compiler optimizer too far when it doesn't change the system performance by a noticable amount. -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
CPUTYPE for VIA EPIA EDEN in /etc/make.conf on FreeBSD 6.1
Hi, I'm trying to get a little more speed out of my 600MHz mini-itx box as I convert it into a FReeBSD fileserver (with GUI) . . . I'm trying to find the right settings for /etc/make.conf and would appreciate your help. dmesg.boot shows the processor as being: CPU: VIA C3 Samuel 2 (601.37-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "Centaurhauls" Id = 0x673 Stepping = 3 Features=0x803035 Some Linux distributions say that this should be thought of as a Cyrix C3 processor but that isn't on the list of FreeBSD options for CPUTYPE . . . There's nothing that I can see from the BSD side in the archives or in the file: /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf that looks like a suitable CPUTYPE . . . I've not seen any documentation on the other remarked out CPU options for /etc/make.conf either: NO_CPU_CFLAGS= NO_CPU_COPTFLAGS= and CFLAGS= -0 -pipe Any ideas on any of the 4 options for this CPU gratefully accepted. (I have got the GENERIC kernel changed correctly - hopefully) Thanks in anticpation, Owen ___ All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"