Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:51:44 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Craig Butler <craig001@lerwick.hopto.org> Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de>, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Doesn't anything work around here? Message-ID: <472D17A0.2030504@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <472D149A.2040400@lerwick.hopto.org> References: <ffg2gk$1n1r$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> <200711011822.25884.linimon@lonesome.com> <472B39A8.3070708@alaska.net> <472CD183.8080905@FreeBSD.org> <472D149A.2040400@lerwick.hopto.org>
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Craig Butler wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Royce Williams wrote: >>> Mark Linimon wrote, on 11/1/2007 3:22 PM: >>>> The latest sparc64-7 run is continuing. With the limited number of >>>> sparc64 machines we have, the elapsed time for even _incremental_ >>>> builds is on the order of 3-5 weeks, depending on what's changed in >>>> the meantime. Once that gets done, I'll probably do another pass. >>> >>> I've started a couple of threads in the past about offering to chip in >>> for hardware to support builds, and especially sparc64 freebsd-update. >>> >>> To move forward on that, what is the 'best bang for the buck' hardware >>> that the project could use? >> >> To be minimally useful for package builds the machines would need at >> least 512MB RAM (preferably more, at least 1GB), and CPU speed is >> obviously highly important (but also hard to come by with sparc64 >> hardware). >> >> Kris >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > What about us running the builds for you ? Our company is about to > invest in some dated b1600 full of sparc blades. I am sure I can borrow > some cpu time from them ;) We would need remote access, the builds are managed from a centralized server. If that is possible then this might be useful. Kris
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