From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 28 09:41:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EA9016A4B3 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 09:41:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from norton.palomine.net (norton.palomine.net [66.93.48.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB1C743FF9 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 09:41:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sullrich@palomine.net) Received: (qmail 93000 invoked by uid 1004); 28 Sep 2003 16:41:22 -0000 Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:41:22 -0400 From: SKU To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030928164122.GA92089@palomine.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Buildworld times on a AMD64 processor X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:41:24 -0000 Greetings! Can someone tell me how much quicker FreeBSD runs on the Amd64 platform for compiling worlds and or make release? Currently I can build release on a Pentium 4 3.02 ghz in about 40 minutes (without ports) and would like to get this down to around 10-15 minutes (or even 20). Second question: If you had to buy a couple of FreeBSD builder boxes for building releases and testing only, which platform would you go with: Amd64 or the Opteron? Third question: Can the x86 codebase be cross-compiled while running under 64 bits? Ultimately I am making x86 releases. Thanks in advance for any help that you can offer! -SKU