[mythtv-users] Time for new hardware. CPU HIGH loads

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/13/2008 04:05 PM, Mark Hutchinson wrote:
> Ronald Frazier wrote:
>   
>>> I am on Intel core 2 duo.  So I did not specify and expected it to pick
>>> up 64 bit.  I think it did.  What would have been a better method?  Or
>>> how do I tell now after a "make install"
>> I'm not sure what (if anything) it will optimize by default. I had
>> always read to use the --enable-proc-opt flag when running configure.
>> After you do that, you need to rerun make && make install. You can
>> usually redo this right overtop your existing configuration without
>> problem. The only exception are for things like if you modified a
>> theme file in the installation directory instead of modifying it in
>> the source directory. Your database settings and recording will stay
>> intact.
>>
>> If you don't remember how you configured it, there should be a
>> config.log file in your source code directory.
> So, for a Core3Duo, would this be the best configure statement?
>
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-proc-opt -arch=nocona
>
> Or is the --arch-nocona needed with the --enable-proc-opt?

Generally, you don't want to specify the --arch.  It shouldn't be 
necessary for Myth for any machine.  Most of the time, when people do, 
they mess up the processor optimizations.

Mike