From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 11 02:25:05 2004 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 7928D16A4CE for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 02:25:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37F1043D39 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 02:25:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i3B9OwBu074446 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:24:58 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i3B9OvGe074443; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:24:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:24:57 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: "Seunghun T. Lee" Message-ID: <20040411092457.GD70330@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , "Seunghun T. Lee" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040411051000.GA24698@stlee.dhs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="u65IjBhB3TIa72Vp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040411051000.GA24698@stlee.dhs.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040407, clamav-milter version 0.70g cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which compiler is used for ISO binaries? 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: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 09:25:05 -0000 --u65IjBhB3TIa72Vp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 10:10:00PM -0700, Seunghun T. Lee wrote: > I was just wondering which compiler is used to compile the binaries > on the freebsd iso's. I am holding out from upgrading until it is > compiled with gcc3 preferably gcc3.3. I remember it was a big deal > when RH linux was shipped compiled with gcc3 and advertised speed > increase. I'm currently on freebsd 5.0p4 current or something like > that. I'm intrigued by ATAng, since the only way i'm getting the ata > drives to spindown is with a patch i found online. The default system compiler in recent 5.x is gcc-3.3.3: see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/contrib/gcc/ChangeLog?rev=3D1= =2E1.1.25&content-type=3Dtext/x-cvsweb-markup It's a slightly modified version of the FSF gcc distribution. However, don't expect too much from simply upgrading the compiler -- most of the performance improvements you're going to see will be due to improved coding of the rest of the system, particularly work on the threading libraries and decreasing the granularity of kernel locks. gcc-3.3.3 was imported for many reasons, but better code output was probably less important than the fact that it has far more support for the new tier-1 one architectures (AMD64, ultrasparc, etc.) which the old gcc-2.95 (as seen in 4.x) doesn't have. =20 > also, 5.3R's release date is "TBD 2004." What's TBD stand for? To Be Decided =20 > frankly, is 5.3R worth waiting for? or should i go with 5.2.1?=20 > This is my very first freebsd install (started with 5.0R when it > just came out) and I don't think I took very good care of it. ports > building are failing left and right, for one. It's acting as my > household all-purpose server for the family as well as my personal > desktop, so I left it alone all this while. I'm itching to start > fresh with the knowledge i gained about freebsd. It depends. Since you're running 5.0 already (which is an early, slow, buggy technology preview release that isn't supported any more) you clearly aren't betting your business on the stability of the OS you're running. Updating to 5.2.1 would be a good idea -- however, due to various system changes, that's not a simple as it might be: you should either read /usr/src/UPDATING carefully (once you've retreived the latest RELENG_5_2 sources) or just do a re-install from CD Rom. =20 > Lastly, does anybody have any personal experience with freebsd nfs > server and mac os x nfs client? more specifically, how to map uid > and gid? As far as I know it works well enough. See exports(5) for what support there is for mapping user identities under NFS. Generally NFS expects that your user credentials will be the same on the server as well as the client, and things will work a lot easier if you arrange things that way. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --u65IjBhB3TIa72Vp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAeQ7pdtESqEQa7a0RAsRYAJ4lkq0gfbtBXQn7hrh+ErZFAxNNmACdHxl3 a1kHkJu25W87XHW1FXp/oh8= =W4OE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --u65IjBhB3TIa72Vp--