Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 05:41:00 +0000 From: Gerry Weaver <gerryw@compvia.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as an embedded platform Message-ID: <1443505254237.19221@compvia.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmonzaqLg=anFq%2Bf-Dq5s1OKYKBCfXH9YKqSJvTwzgrTnAA@mail.gmail.com> References: <2c94e09af74b4417816cdd854f5529cb@MBX02C-ORD1.mex08.mlsrvr.com>, <CAJ-VmonzaqLg=anFq%2Bf-Dq5s1OKYKBCfXH9YKqSJvTwzgrTnAA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,=0A= =0A= It wasn't anything exhaustive. I just ran some benchmarks on some of my cod= e. It is mainly oriented around networking and crypto. I also noticed a dif= ference in general system responsiveness. We have a couple of servers that = we use for virtualization storage that we upgraded to 10.1 for some infinib= and testing. We ended up rolling those back to 9.3 as well. I/We have not a= ttempted to rebuild with gcc yet as you suggested. Using a stock build is p= referred where possible. =0A= =0A= Disclaimer: I didn't intend this post to be a complaint. I fully understand= the reasoning behind the tool chain switch. I'm just wondering what other = folks are doing and what challenges, if any, they have encountered.=0A= =0A= Thanks,=0A= -G=0A= =0A= =0A= ________________________________________=0A= From: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>=0A= Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 12:18 AM=0A= To: Gerry Weaver=0A= Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org=0A= Subject: Re: FreeBSD as an embedded platform=0A= =0A= Hi,=0A= =0A= What performance issues have you seen with freebsd-10.1 ? You can=0A= always compile it with the in-tree gcc compiler instead.=0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= -a=0A= =0A= =0A= On 28 September 2015 at 20:55, Gerry Weaver <gerryw@compvia.com> wrote:=0A= > Hello All,=0A= >=0A= > I have an embedded router project coming up and I was considering FreeBSD= as a possible platform. However, I have run into a few issues getting a st= able development environment setup. I started with FreeBSD 10.1, but quickl= y realized that the new toolchain needs to cook a while longer before the p= erformance will be there. I then tried FreeBSD 9.3 thinking that would impr= ove the situation. It does seem to solve the performance issues, but I'm fi= nding that many of the third party open source libraries I would like to us= e either don't compile or don't run. Admittedly the last time I worked with= FreeBSD was in the version 6 timeframe, but I don't remember having so man= y issues back then. I would really like to hear what other folks that are u= sing FreeBSD as an embedded platform are doing in this regard. Are you usin= g versions that are older than 9.3 or restricting yourselves to what is in = the ports tree? The need to port and test a bunch of libraries would make a= significant impact on pr=0A= > oject stability and development time. Any advice on this would be much a= ppreciated. There may be some kernel work involved and I would much rather = work with the FreeBSD kernel.=0A= >=0A= > Thanks,=0A= > -G=0A= >=0A= > _______________________________________________=0A= > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list=0A= > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers=0A= > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "=0A=
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