On Sun, 16 May 1999, R. Brock Lynn wrote: > " Raymond A. Ingles" wrote: > > On Sun, 9 May 1999, George Bonser wrote: > > > Well I got the old 386 put back together [...] Now it is running > > > Debian and MAN is it S-L-O-W. [...] > > > I guess I won't be compiling any kernels on that box ... well, maybe ONE > > > just to see how long it takes. > > > Okay, now *that's* going to take quite a while on a modern kernel. Hope > > you've got a week or two to spare. :-> > > The average compile time for a kernel, (1.2.8ish or so) on the 486sx/25 > 6MB took about 6 hours.
A 386 is just plain slower than a 486, even at the same clock speed. Intel did a lot of profiling and made the most commonly-executed instructions faster (and slowed some uncommon ones down). I've heard of compile times in the weeks on modern kernels. I haven't tried it on Irving yet, but from compiling a few toy programs I wouldn't be surprised... > > On the other hand, let me tell you about coding under Minix on an 8088 > > w/512K of RAM... :-> > > Heh, let's try not to start another flame fest with Andy Tannenbaum... ;^) ... > You never never know *what* something like that can lead to... (=:] Well, considering that linux-8086 can't compile *anything* yet by itself, Andy's actually slightly ahead. :-> Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] If all the muscles in your body pulled in the same direction, you could lift over twenty tons. But you'd walk funny. - L. M. Boyd