On Thursday 08 February 2007 11:16, Philip Radford wrote: > Hi all, > > Just wondering if anyone could help me out with an issue on FreeBSD which > has been puzzling me for a while and only now do I have the time to go and > figure it out. > > We currently have version 5.4 installed but understand that the > architecture it is set up for is a generic i386. > > How do I go about optimising my base system and/or installed ports to > recognise my CPU as an i686 and therefore make use of this type of CPU. > > I have enclosed the first part of my dmesg output to identify the CPU. > > CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (3000.12-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf41 Stepping = 1 > > Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MC >A,C MOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> > Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs
Add "CPUTYPE?=pentium4" to /etc/make.conf. Remove the "cpu I486_CPU" and "cpu I586_CPU" lines from your kernel config (if present), leaving only "cpu I686_CPU". Rebuild your kernel, world, and ports. JN _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
