From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 23 05:12:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62EE816A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 05:12:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailsv01.comindico.com.au (mailsv01.comindico.com.au [203.194.27.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A782243D1F for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 05:12:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rbyrnes@postmark.net) Received: from postmark.net (dialup-171.88.221.203.acc50-kent-syd.comindico.com.au [203.221.88.171]) by mailsv01.comindico.com.au (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AFD35963; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:11:39 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <40890803.60808@postmark.net> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:11:47 +1000 From: Rob B User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5+ (Windows/20040402) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kirk Strauser References: <20040422104146.GA46862@chuggalug.clues.com> <20040422132631.GA28789@freebie.xs4all.nl> <874qrcf1sp.fsf@strauser.com> <20040422160425.GF78422@dragon.nuxi.com> <87vfjsdmk8.fsf@strauser.com> In-Reply-To: <87vfjsdmk8.fsf@strauser.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.83.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NONAME alpha system up for grabs X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:12:28 -0000 Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2004-04-22T16:04:25Z, "David O'Brien" writes: > > >>I've timed two Alpha's that differed only in cache size (2MB vs. 4MB). >>It would make a difference in 'make world' times. > > > Thanks for the information. Time to hit eBay... I'd be interested to see the results of the upgrade in cache size, keep us posted ... as you know, it's a major PITA to build world on one of these :) Cheers, Rob -- Nice computers don't go down ... This is random quote 844 of 1255. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5