AMD64 optimization on FreeBSD 5.4 i386

[Bachelier Vincent]

Ok, I have found the solution

CFLAGS += -march=k8

and use pkgtools.conf for certain application that doesn't support it.
gcc32 gcc33 fr-openoffice ...

doesn't the nvidia driver works on amd64 version of freebsd ?

ok see ya

Le Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 06:54:00AM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier a écrit:
> From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads at cox.net>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> To: Bachelier Vincent <vincent_bachelier at yahoo.fr>
> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 06:54:00 -0500
> Subject: Re: AMD64 optimization on FreeBSD 5.4 i386
> 
> On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 09:35:32 +0200, Bachelier Vincent
> <vincent_bachelier at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> 
> > Hi, I have a AMD64 and use FreeBSD 5.4 i386.
> 
> Why aren't you using the amd64 version of FreeBSD?
> 
> > I have set CPUTYPE=k8 to optimize a little for my computer.
> > I have seen they set march=athlon-mp when it compile something.
> 
> I you were running amd64, you could use CPUTYPE=athlon64.
> 
> > Ok, I have see they is a difference between march=k8 and
> > march=athlon-mp
> > 
> > Have a idea ?
> 
> Yes, download the ISO for amd64 and install it.  :-)
> 
> > Does I compile with march=k8 under cflags ?
> > for example: CFLAGS=-O2 -march=k8 -pipe
> > 	     CXXFLAGS=$CFLAGS
> 
> I think the CXXFLAGS setting is unnecessary, as this will happen by
> default.
> 
> > Well, what do you think ?
> 
> I think you should be running amd64.  :-)
> 
> > could I optimize more than CPUTYPE=k8 ?
> 
> Yes.  See above.  :-)
> 
> Seriously, though, the amd64 version of FreeBSD is quite stable and
> usable, and would allow you to take full advantage of your machine's
> 64-bit architecture.  Why settle for less?
> 
> -- 
> Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads at cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas" 

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