On Friday 29 November 2002 12:12 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 12:11:42PM -0500, Robert Ames wrote: > > > 2. My machine is a Pentium 166 with only 16 MB of RAM. I'm trying > > to rebuild the kernel and so far the compile has been running for > > almost 24 hours and it's not finished yet. Is this to be expected? > > Yes. gcc 3.x is slower, and the kernel contains more code. Your > machine is probably swapping a lot just doing the compilation, which > will make it even slower.
Out of curiosity, how much slower is a 5.x kernel compilation than a 4.x, on average? My 486, 66 MHz and 16 MB RAM, compiles a 4.x kernel in about 3 hours. Thus by Robert's data point, -current seems at least 10-15 times slower... -David -- On the whole I am against mass murder. I rarely commit it myself, and often find myself quite out of sympathy with those who make a habit of it. -Bernard Levin Astronomy and Astrophysics Center The University of Chicago To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
