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Date:      Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:04:47 -0600
From:      David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 5.0-DP2 questions
Message-ID:  <200211291304.47766.dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20021129181206.GB36463@rot13.obsecurity.org>
References:  <F140vLOrDWSMXQebfax000144de@hotmail.com> <20021129181206.GB36463@rot13.obsecurity.org>

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On Friday 29 November 2002 12:12 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 12:11:42PM -0500, Robert Ames wrote:
> 
> > 2. My machine is a Pentium 166 with only 16 MB of RAM.  I'm trying
> > to rebuild the kernel and so far the compile has been running for
> > almost 24 hours and it's not finished yet.  Is this to be expected?
> 
> Yes.  gcc 3.x is slower, and the kernel contains more code.  Your
> machine is probably swapping a lot just doing the compilation, which
> will make it even slower.

Out of curiosity, how much slower is a 5.x kernel compilation than a 4.x, on 
average? My 486, 66 MHz and 16 MB RAM, compiles a 4.x kernel in about 3 
hours. Thus by Robert's data point, -current seems at least 10-15 times 
slower...

-David

-- 
On the whole I am against mass murder. I rarely commit it myself, and
often find myself quite out of sympathy with those who make a habit of it.
-Bernard Levin

Astronomy and Astrophysics Center
The University of Chicago

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