Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 16:18:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: `time make buildworld' Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010071616520.7433-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010070011530.84656-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>
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On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Ken Bolingbroke wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Kent Stewart wrote:
>
> > Ken Bolingbroke wrote:
> > >
> > > I previously mentioned my adventures upgrading a Pentium 133 from 2.2.5 to
> > > 4.1.1, but I'm noting some odd behavior with the length of time it takes
> > > to buildworld:
> > >...
> > > -Running 3.2-S, buildworld to 3.5-S, ~12 hours
> > >...
> > > -Running 4.1.1-S, buildworld 4.1.1-S, 74 hours, 53 minutes.
> > >...
> > > So what's happening here? Softupdates slow down buildworld? 4.1.1 does
> > > buildworld slower than 3.5 and earlier? Or 4.1.1 buildworld takes a lot
> > > longer than earlier versions? Or my system is just weird?
> >
> > I'm assuming weird up front. I find a 4.1.1 BW takes 36xxu and 1:23 of
> > clock time on my P-II 400 with 256MB of memory and UDMA33 HD's. You
> > p133 should be about 6x or more slower as a guess. I think your
> > differences, based on really minimal information, are probably due to
> > the kind of HD's you have and how much memory.
>
> Someone else just made me think--perhaps 4.1.1 is more sensitive to low
> RAM? This machine only has 8meg RAM, with 200 megs of swap evenly split
> across two IDE disks. There were no hardware changes between the various
> builds.
That's probably it. Your machine was constantly thrashing. If
you look around, you can still find 72-pin SIMMs (on an auction site,
for example). You might think really hard about picking some up.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (at yourfit.com)
behanna@zbzoom.net
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