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Date:      Sun, 22 Mar 1998 19:33:14 +1100 (EST)
From:      Andrew Reilly <reilly@zeta.org.au>
To:        shimon@simon-shapiro.org
Cc:        taob@nbc.netcom.ca, current@FreeBSD.ORG, reilly@zeta.org.au
Subject:   Re: Worldstone Continued...
Message-ID:  <199803220833.TAA14256@gurney.reilly.home>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980321140900.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>

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On 21 Mar, Simon Shapiro wrote:
> My very humble opinion is that we are barking up the wrong tree.  Disk I/O
> is not the limiting factor here.  I am looking at disk bandwidth
> utilization of less than 20%.  From idle observation, it appears that
> parsing Makefiles is 4-5 times the amount of time it takes to actually
> compile anything.
> 
> The  curious could take the kernel directory and write a simple script to
> compile it without make at all.  Tell us the results.

For the kernel, that's nothing more than the output of make -n.  I
think that building a script for make buildworld could be a little
trickier.

I'm a little surprised that you think that make itself is so
expensive.

-- 
Andrew

"The steady state of disks is full."
				-- Ken Thompson


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