Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 03:27:02 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: Simon Barner <barner@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Compile slow on 5.x series? Message-ID: <b2807d04041002145767aa9a1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041002134531.GB57007@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> References: <001d01c4a883$f65bf3e0$f700000a@ape> <20041002134531.GB57007@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de>
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On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 15:45:31 +0200, Simon Barner <barner@gmx.de> wrote: > Markie wrote: > > Has anyone else noticed that the 5.x series kernel compile times take much > > longer than that of the 4.x series? My friends 233MHz machine running 4.x > > finished a kernel compile before my 500MHz machine running 5.x a while > > back. It seems to take forever? Is there a reason for this, or is it just > > me seeing this problem? The reason why it takes longer to compile a 5.* kernel is the difference in the architecture. The 5.* kernels handle the hardware differently than the 4.* kernels. > > FreeBSD 5 uses GCC 3.x as system compiler, whereas 4 is based on GCC > 2.y. Negative, the gcc 3.* compiler is used only in FreeBSD versions onwards 5.3. Regards S. -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India
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