From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 15 21:39:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C5316A400 for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 21:39:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7983213C44C for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 21:39:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f31so280583pyh for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 14:39:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; b=fbxlf2t7VByM0NU/zEUaA7qWxr9agLY0UAgoGmO8a8QDprYsqtwJyDrKp+4jPSngQpRErMdY/7K/ReaxCTTUKlkirzJKUW7iynT0xrnvdPgRDuRDGn0rp884KtRAtYUlz+9+dNxAYcb+Rsek4Q+UREuuFRc8uLifkGeJExdnE8s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; b=AWJgS/e/lDG+H1YaDm000kDWMCN+p2DIwVdXM9HT7mrNnXSViVKTQHc+wy/ScaDecGjZUxNDj0oXw/iFEt1tAZwfCUoRIWd0hPqRJcssKUiODFMymgqmfiH4TadNeBrz28LYwg6iUg0DiDgl0Uh39FTDuM7gGzTq9t/w1emFkVo= Received: by 10.65.133.8 with SMTP id k8mr1725233qbn.1179265171701; Tue, 15 May 2007 14:39:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from roadrunner.q.local ( [85.180.170.96]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id e14sm1147537qba.2007.05.15.14.39.29; Tue, 15 May 2007 14:39:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from roadrunner.q.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by roadrunner.q.local (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l4FJYWXk011331; Tue, 15 May 2007 21:34:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: (from q@localhost) by roadrunner.q.local (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l4FJYVKm011330; Tue, 15 May 2007 21:34:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 21:34:31 +0200 From: Ulrich Spoerlein To: Oliver Fromme Message-ID: <20070515193431.GC1462@roadrunner.q.local> Mail-Followup-To: Oliver Fromme , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, marsgmiro@gmail.com References: <28edec3c0705072045s18a2cb53ia4f66030e4e3fb22@mail.gmail.com> <200705081334.l48DYf9F085322@lurza.secnetix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200705081334.l48DYf9F085322@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, marsgmiro@gmail.com Subject: Re: mfs and buildworlds on the SunFire x4600 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 21:39:32 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote: > Mars G. Miro wrote: > > now we know buildworld on mfs dont really matter on high-end machines, > > No, we knew that before. I could have told you. :-) > > That was the first thing I tested when I first had access > to a machine with sufficient RAM, about 10 years ago. > I put /usr/src on an MFS disk, ran buildworld, and was > disappointed. I'm not intimately familiar with the build process, but I reckon it reads several small files several times (ie, they are cached) runs a CPU bound process, then writes a few bigger files once (objects and binaries). Not a good MFS test scenario, indeed. Ulrich Spoerlein -- "The trouble with the dictionary is you have to know how the word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled." -- Will Cuppy