CPUTYPE?=???

[fbsdmail at dnswatch.com]

On Fri, May 28, 2010 4:41 pm, fbsdmail at dnswatch.com wrote:
> Greetings,
> I'm currently working with an Athlon II X3 440:
>
>
> http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/athlon-ii-x2/Pages/AMD-
> athlon-ii-x2-processor-model-numbers-feature-comparison.aspx
>
> soon to be replaced with the Phenom II X6 1090:
>
> http://www.amd.com/US/PRODUCTS/DESKTOP/PROCESSORS/PHENOM-II/Pages/phenom-
> ii-model-number-comparison.aspx
>
> My question is, make(1) provides for options regarding the CPU in use
> on the system (CPUTYPE) in make.conf(1). My problem is, I am not sure which
> of the offered "types", or "codenames" is the most accurate for my current
> CPU. Those offered for AMD CPU's are:
> (AMD CPUs)
> opteron athlon64 athlon-mp athlon-xp athlon-4 athlon-tbird athlon k8 k6-3
> k6-2 k6 k5
>
> and AMD64 architecture: opteron, athlon64, nocona, prescott, core2
>
> While I realize that is is purported that Openssl is the only port that
> makes use of this FLAG, I have also noticed other ports that also look/
> grope for this.

Seems "athlon-mp" is the best choice. After building some ports,
I noticed some of them returned the string: MCPUTYPE=athlon-mp
So unless anyone would care to suggest a better choice, I'm going
to use CPUTYPE?=athlon-mp :)

Thanks.

--Chris

>
> Thank you for all your time and consideration in this matter.
>
>
> --Chris
>
>
>
>
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