CPUTYPE in /etc/make.conf

[David Rhodus]

David O'Brien wrote:

>On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 03:02:38AM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
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>>Could someone please confirm for me whether or not I'm using the best
>>CPUTYPE for my processor?
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>Don't use ANY CPUTYPE in /etc/make.conf.
>(I assume you're running in 64-bit mode since you're asking on this list
>and not another).
>
>There is no reason to specify one at all.  There is a single CPU core for
>AMD64 right now, so GCC knows exactly what core you have and what to do
>for it.
>  
>
Single core for "right now", is that going to be changing soon ? If so 
hopefully we
will see both core have their own cache.

-DR