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Date:      Thu, 12 Mar 1998 00:42:15 +0100
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        FreeBSD Current <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Amazing :-)
Message-ID:  <19980312004215.A13486@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <3506FAE0.21094C16@challenge.isvara.net>; from freebsd@isvara.net on Wed, Mar 11, 1998 at 08:58:08PM %2B0000
References:  <14680.889593344@gjp.erols.com> <3506FAE0.21094C16@challenge.isvara.net>

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According to freebsd@isvara.net:
>     2.    Doesn't make use timestamps (updating killed with 'noatime') for
> compiling (ie. seeing what is changed)?

It uses mtime (modification time), not atime (access time). Access time has 
a very limited interest for some things.

>     3.    What does CFLAGS= -pipe do in the make.conf file?

Get rid of temporary files for gcc/cpp/cc1 by using pipes.

>     4.    Can we tweak the CFLAGS= -m486 for out CPU-class?

I don't know what you really mean by this but you can use pgcc to compile
the world for better processors (Pentium, Pentium Pro, K6 & Cyrix).

>     5.  Can we specify -O2 instead of -O (ie. what order of performance
>     increase > be)?

Compilation time will increase while running time should decrease but it is 
very difficult to evaluate...

>     6.    What is NOCLEAN=true & NOPROFILE=true ?
> (I know what they will kinda do, but how will it affect resultant 'world')

NOCLEAN will avoid a potentially long "rm -rf" operation (unless you use
softupdates :-)). NOPROFILE will avoid recompiling all the libraries with
'-p' for profiling purposes.

With the same settings as Amancio (NOCLEAN & NOPROFILE but an empty
/usr/obj) I get _1h20_ on my K6-225, 64 MB, all disks on a SC-875 (ultra
wide), /usr/src on a DCAS-34330W (async,noatime) and /usr/obj on a
DORS-32160 (async,noatime).

sd0 at scbus0 target 0 lun 0
sd0: <IBM DCAS-34330W S65A> type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd0: Direct-Access 
sd0: WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled
sd0: 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15)
4134MB (8467200 512 byte sectors)
sd2 at scbus0 target 2 lun 0
sd2: <IBM DORS-32160 WA6A> type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd2: Direct-Access 
sd2: 20.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15)
2063MB (4226725 512 byte sectors)

-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Mar  1 18:50:39 CET 1998

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