cpu setting in kernel options file

[Joseph A. Nagy, Jr]

On 12/15/12 00:21, b.f. wrote:
>> The really important bit being the first line. Could I put K8 and
>> gcc/clang be okay with it? Or should I leave the cpu line in my kernel
>> conf file alone?
>>
>
> Leave it alone.  The choices for the cpu directive in the kernel
> config file, as described in config(5) and listed in
> src/sys/conf/options.<arch> (the only choice for amd64 is HAMMER),
> have nothing to do with the choices available for the CPUTYPE variable
> (which you may want to change to suit your hardware -- these are the
> architecture-dependent options available for the -march and -mtune
> directives of your compiler that are also recognized by bsd.cpu.mk),
> or with the cpu descriptions printed during boot.
>
> b.
>

Thanks!
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