From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 16 21:38:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A3FB37B401 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:38:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C683B43EDC for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:38:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18OAR3-000Gbe-00 for current@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 05:38:30 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 40D891642 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:38:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id C9B01194A for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:36:40 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 17039225EC; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 05:58:02 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 05:58:02 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 5.0 performance (was: 80386 out of GENERIC) Message-ID: <20021217045802.GG81755@raggedclown.net> References: <24244.1039900460@critter.freebsd.dk> <9710634521.20021214232526@dds.nl> <3DFC0AB1.D60AAF66@mindspring.com> <200212160955.14531.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <20021216180948.GD27912@zot.electricrain.com> <20021217002726.GA15733@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021217014522.GB9273@gothmog.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021217014522.GB9273@gothmog.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 03:45:22AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-12-17 10:57, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > On Monday, 16 December 2002 at 10:09:48 -0800, Chris Doherty wrote: > > > > > > 2) I'm scared that 5.0 is going to be unpleasantly slow on my p2-366, let > > > alone a 386. > > > > I'm running it diskless on a K6/233. I'm surprised how snappy it is. > > I still have the Pentium 133 with 64 MB or memory that I used to run > 5.0-CURRENT until a few weeks ago. I haven't got any real numbers, > but the general `feel' of the system was pretty good. Trying to build > world & kernel on a 386 though... now that's a very different story! :) > Yup. But the slowness people are noting in general is explained in UPDATING, and is quite understandable at this point in 5.0's evolution. It certainly takes a *lot* longer than 4.7 (test machine 1GHZ Pentium III, 512MB memory, SCSI disk). Also didn't someone mention that GCC has got slower anyway ? -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message