From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 9 16:19:51 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A32216A417 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:19:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [209.31.154.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0357713C4D9 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:19:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A69146EF6; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 11:19:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:19:50 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Adrian Chadd In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20071209161853.J71725@fledge.watson.org> References: <4756BAD3.4060905@web.de> <95938867@bb.ipt.ru> <200712060051.26294.joao@matik.com.br> <20071207101817.xcvz0wdi68cscwkg@neslonek.homeunix.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Jan Lentfer , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, JoaoBR Subject: Re: Problems Building 7.0-Beta3 with -Os X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:19:51 -0000 On Sun, 9 Dec 2007, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 07/12/2007, Jan Lentfer wrote: > >> On the other hand, why you want to optimzie the hell out of a 4-way 8-Gig >> Operton server or the like, for normal services you want feel too much >> difference here, because it is fast as hell anyway. > > Because sometimes "optimising the hell out of a large server" is the > difference between needing to buy 1 or 1.5 of said server. And this becomes even more of an argument when you're talking about 1000 or 1500 servers vs 2000 servers. :-) Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge