Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:32:22 +0100 From: Adam PAPAI <wooh@wooh.hu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update(8) under sparc64? Why is it not available? Message-ID: <4BAB1186.8070904@wooh.hu> In-Reply-To: <20100324223809.GA34342@alchemy.franken.de> References: <4BA9C0AC.3080801@wooh.hu> <20100324075709.GC13561@lonesome.com> <20100324223809.GA34342@alchemy.franken.de>
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On 3/24/10 11:38 PM, Marius Strobl wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 02:57:09AM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: >> You're the first one to ask in a while. Since our userbase is small, >> and developer time is limited, we've never set it up. >> > > The last time this topic came up IMO there was quite some > interest in getting this running but the showstopper was that > cperciva@ said that a requirement for any platform supported > by freebsd-update(8) would be that the build server is able > to run buildworld in 1 hour at most (unfortunately I currently > just can't find that email). My 4x1.5GHz V440 I originally > intended for this purpose unfortunately still takes 72 minutes > last time I checked. I suspect a 8x1.2GHz V880 would be able > to meet this requirement but I simply can't afford the housing > for such a beast. > Ken, did the V880s at your university become available as > intended some time ago? Yeah on a v100 the make buildworld takes more than 486m7.660s ~ 8 hours. -- Adam PAPAI
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