CPUTYPE for FreeBSD AMD64 running on a Pentium D

Roland Smith rsmith at xs4all.nl
Sat Apr 22 16:05:45 UTC 2006


On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 11:47:29AM -0400, Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have FreeBSD AMD64 running on a Pentium D and I would like to know 
> what should I use for the CPUTYPE variable of make.conf.

AFAIK, it is not necessary to set CPUTYPE in make.conf. My amd64 box is
running just fine without it.

If you make a custom kernel, see /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC for the
correct machine and CPU.

Roland
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