From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 06:47:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B723B16A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 06:47:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net (adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [68.76.19.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23E8043D09 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 06:47:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) Received: from [192.168.2.100] (adsl-67-36-63-36.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [67.36.63.36]) (authenticated bits=0)ESMTP id hBAElI23085711; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:47:19 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) X-Authentication-Warning: adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net: Host adsl-67-36-63-36.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [67.36.63.36] claimed to be [192.168.2.100] In-Reply-To: <3FD71BCF.1020602@cs.kuleuven.ac.be> References: <3FD71BCF.1020602@cs.kuleuven.ac.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Lucas Holt Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:47:07 -0500 To: Bert Lagaisse X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: performance gain by compiling ports and kernel / java issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:47:23 -0000 On Dec 10, 2003, at 8:12 AM, Bert Lagaisse wrote: > Hey, > > 1) > I now use the performance-gain do I obtain by building my own kernel > and compiling the ports ? (the system is a PIII 500 Mhz with 512 MB > ram) > > Does the extra work and efforts compare to the gain ? If you have a newer processor, there can be a slight performance gain. You must specify the processor type in make.conf before building though. A custom kernel compiled for your processor only can be rather "peppy". My custom kernel is half the size of the GENERIC kernel. So to answer your question, yes if you do it correctly following the manual on freebsd.org Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) 'Re-implementing what I designed in 1979 is not interesting to me personally. For kids who are 20 years younger than me, Linux is a great way to cut your teeth. It's a cultural phenomenon and a business phenomenon. Mac OS X is a rock-solid system that's beautifully designed. I much prefer it to Linux.' -- Bill Joy, Wired Article 2003