What is the correct CPUTYPE for this machine?

Matthew Seaman m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk
Sat Jun 8 18:02:29 UTC 2013


On 08/06/2013 17:02, Michael Gass wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 10:10:10AM -0400, illoai at gmail.com wrote:
>> On 8 June 2013 09:34, Michael Gass <mgass at csbsju.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> I have an old laptop:
>>>
>>> FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243826: Tue Dec  4 06:55:39 UTC 2012
>>> root at obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>>> CPU: Mobile AMD Duron(tm) Processor (1096.23-MHz 686-class CPU)
>>> Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x671  Family = 6  Model = 7  Stepping = 1
>>>
>>> Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
>>> AMD Features=0xc0480800<SYSCALL,MP,MMX+,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
>>>
>>> What is the correct value for CPUTYPE in make.conf?
>>>
>>>
>> Duron was just a low-cost Athlon, da?
>>
> OK, checking the internet, looks like I should use
> CPUTYPE?=k7
> as the mobile amd duron 1.1G is a k7 group,
> but the make.conf example only lists values like
> k8, k6-3, k6-2, k6, and k5.
> Which should I use?

CPUTYPE?=	native

Why fret when the computer can work it out for itself?

	Cheers,

	Matthew

-- 
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