Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 12:41:06 +1030 From: Matthew Thyer <Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Worldstone rules (was: Re: Amazing :-)) Message-ID: <3507443A.CBB933AE@dsto.defence.gov.au> References: <1233.889666873@time.cdrom.com>
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We cant have formal rules for the majority of -CURRENT users
because most people are running -CURRENT on their one and only
machine and dont have much choice as to their /etc/make.conf
settings.
For example I am NOT going to build TCL as I have it installed
from the ports collection. So I will always have NOTCL= true
no matter what.
So we can make rules for people who want to participate in a real
scientific experiment but for most people all we can ask for is
full disclosure. i.e. people must quote the following:
1) Their /etc/make.conf settings... e.g. I use:
CFLAGS= -O -pipe
NOTCL= true
(But dont bother quoting your MASTER_SITE_OVERIDE settings)
2) The location of /usr/src, /usr/obj and /var/tmp e.g.:
/usr/src is on an IBM 305 MB blah blah SCSI-II disk
so is /usr/obj (different disk)
/var/tmp is in the /var filesystem on my Maxtor EIDE
SCSI controller is an ASUS PC-2000 SCSI-II (ncr chipset)
3) The mounting options used on each of the above filesystems e.g:
I am using softupdates for all filesystems mentioned.
I am not using any other options such as noatime or async.
4) The build sources. e.g. quote the CTM-src-cur delta number OR
the date that you last cvs or cvsuped and INCLUDE THE TIMEZONE!
Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
>
> > In the WorldStone race, that's cheating. I could compile faster, too,
> > if I left out a third of the libraries.
>
> Absolutely. I think the "informal rules" for comparing worldstone
> numbers stipulate that all you can change is CFLAGS to add -pipe
> in /etc/make.conf. :)
>
> Jordan
>
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