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Date:      Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:17:15 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com>
To:        Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: buildworld times
Message-ID:  <20040229231715.GB44015@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040229121938.H8264-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
References:  <20040229213521.GA44015@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040229121938.H8264-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>

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On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 12:21:18PM -1000, Vincent Poy wrote:
> > > > Athlon64 3400+ (2.2 GHz), running 32-bit OS, no -j:  28m55.55s real
> > >
> > > 	That's pretty fast.  I wonder how long does the make buildkernel
> > > take. =)
> >
> > I don't have a time for that, I have the (non-j) times for:
> >
> >     make kernel-depend:  44.75s real
> >     make kernel:         5m30.31s real

Note these times are with a GENERIC kernel with only WITNESS removed.


> 	Ah, forgot all about the 64 portion of the Athlon but I wonder,
> with the current crop of processors from Intel P4C-3.4Ghz with dual
> channel memory with the 875p chipset versus the Athlon64-FX, I wonder
> which one is actually faster in terms of buildworld times.

Athlon64-FX -- while the Intel 875p chipset may have a dual-channel
memory controller, it is on the northbridge and not on the CPU.  So the
875p-based system will have much higher memory latencies.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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