A couple of AMD kernel config questions

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On Wed, May 26, 2010 3:20 am, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 2010 02:14:34 -0700 (PDT)
> fbsdmail at dnswatch.com wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>> I'm experimenting with an AMD Athlon X2 CPU:
>> http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/athlon-x2/Pages/AMD-at
>> hlon-x2-processor-model-numbers-feature-comparison.aspx
>>
>> I just got. This will be the first AMD based kernel I've built.
>> So I find myself with a couple of questions I'm hoping someone
>> here can assist with. As I understand it, this CPU is a K9, does the
>> following line from GENERIC still apply? cpu		HAMMER			# aka K8, aka
>> Opteron & Athlon64
>>
>>
>
> Yes.  Doesn't really mean anything.  I have an X2 and that's the cpu
> setting in my kernel config.
>
>> I noticed the following in NOTES
>> # x86 real mode BIOS emulator, required by atkbdc/dpms/vesa
>> options		X86BIOS
>>
>> If I include VESA support in the kernel, will I also need to add the
>> that entry to obtain keyboard && VESA support?
>>
>
> Look at /sys/conf/files.amd64.  The BIOS emulator is automatically
> included if you have VESA in you config file.
>
>> Any other AMD specific tweaks I should apply?
>> Any comments/suggestions anyone wouls care to offer, will be grsatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>
> If your mother board allows it and you have SATA drives I suggest
> including ATA_CAM and enabling AHCI in the BIOS.  That allows, among other
> things, hot swapping drives.
>
> --
> Gary Jennejohn
>
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