Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-24 Thread Dmitry Morozovsky
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Tony Frank wrote: [snip] TF> > > : If "True", for optimized code across all machines, the code should TF> > > : just be built on each machine, right? TF> > > That would give slightly better performance. However, it can be more TF> > > pain than it is worth if the number of m

Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-24 Thread D J Hawkey Jr
On Feb 23, at 09:12 AM, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > D J Hawkey Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : True or False: Setting CPUTYPE to the lowest target CPU ("p2") in > : a build machine's make.conf will cripple the performance of target > : machines with h

Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-23 Thread Tony Frank
Hi, On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 10:46:07AM -0600, D J Hawkey Jr wrote: > On Feb 23, at 09:12 AM, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > > > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > D J Hawkey Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > : True or False: Setting CPUTYPE to the lowest target CPU ("p2") in > > : a buil

Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-23 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D J Hawkey Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : True or False: Setting CPUTYPE to the lowest target CPU ("p2") in : a build machine's make.conf will cripple the performance of target : machines with higher CPUs ("p3", "p4", "i586", "i686", etc.). False. It

Re: Clarification needed on Handbook: Tracking for Multiple Machines

2004-02-23 Thread D J Hawkey Jr
OK, I've cross-posted this message to -hackers, to see if we can get some sort of definitive [to me] answer. Please forgive if it's considered bad form. -hackers: There is a thread in -questions in response to my query as to building the world and kernels for a variety of Intel CPUs on one machine