make.conf and Nocona Xeon

Chuck Swiger cswiger at mac.com
Sat Sep 10 08:25:29 PDT 2005


magikman wrote:
>    I am trying to setup a server with two Nocona Xeons and can't decided 
> what flags I should use in my make.conf. I have looked at the example 
> make.conf that comes with FBSD-5.4, however, this has left me a tad bit 
> confused. I have also checked google for a possible answer, but some 
> people are using amd64 some are using nocona and some are just using 
> pentium4 for their CLFAGS. Do any of you know what the best combination 
> of flags would be for this processor? Or if any of you could post your 
> make.conf as an example i would greatly appreciate it.

Set your CFLAGS to "-O2 -pipe", and add a "-march=pentium" if you're really 
motivated.  People who try to use machine-specific compiler tunings like 
pentium4 or nocona have run into problems like the boot loader not working right.

-- 
-Chuck



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