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Date:      Sun, 3 Oct 2004 03:27:02 +0530
From:      Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com>
To:        Simon Barner <barner@gmx.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Kernel Compile slow on 5.x series?
Message-ID:  <b2807d04041002145767aa9a1@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20041002134531.GB57007@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de>
References:  <001d01c4a883$f65bf3e0$f700000a@ape> <20041002134531.GB57007@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de>

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On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 15:45:31 +0200, Simon Barner <barner@gmx.de> wrote:
> Markie wrote:
> > Has anyone else noticed that the 5.x series kernel compile times take much
> > longer than that of the 4.x series? My friends 233MHz machine running 4.x
> > finished a kernel compile before my 500MHz machine running 5.x a while
> > back. It seems to take forever? Is there a reason for this, or is it just
> > me seeing this problem?

The reason why it takes longer to compile a 5.* kernel is the
difference in the architecture. The 5.* kernels handle the hardware
differently than the 4.* kernels.

> 
> FreeBSD 5 uses GCC 3.x as system compiler, whereas 4 is based on GCC
> 2.y.

Negative, the gcc 3.* compiler is used only in FreeBSD versions onwards 5.3. 

Regards
S.

-- 
Subhro Sankha Kar
School of Information Technology
Block AQ-13/1 Sector V
ZIP 700091
India



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