From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 17 02:25:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA00530 for current-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 02:25:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from isbalham.ist.co.uk (isbalham.ist.co.uk [192.31.26.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA00521 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 02:25:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gid.co.uk (uucp@localhost) by isbalham.ist.co.uk (8.8.4/8.8.4) with UUCP id KAA23437 for FreeBSD.ORG!current; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:19:55 GMT Received: from [194.32.164.2] by seagoon.gid.co.uk; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:08:40 GMT X-Sender: rb@194.32.164.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199711170702.CAA01379@earth.mat.net> References: <199711170609.XAA17969@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:07:50 +0000 To: current@FreeBSD.ORG From: Bob Bishop Subject: Re: make world time???/ Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >[Various people on what should comprise the definitive worldstone...] Unless everyone has identical configurations (which would kinda miss the point), it's not going to be possible to level the playing field. Eg: - -pipe and/or -jx don't help unless you have enough real memory - multiple spindles seem to help a lot: I got well under 2h (not accurately timed, unfortunately) burning in a K6-200 with 2x4.4G Quantum Atlas on a 2940UW - do the rules allow turning off daemons to free up memory while building? Also, the target time (whatever that is) is going to change over time. I've seeing significant changes in build time on the same machine with the same options over a period of months: I may post something on this subject. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK