On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:10:09 -0700 Paul Rogers <paulgrog...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Clocking 1.3GHz. Opinions may vary, but frankly, with only 1GB RAM, I > see some disadvantage to running x86-64 mode with the extra space > required/wasted in addressing. AISI, 64-bit mode is really an advantage > with over 4GB of RAM. > > > > > > > Memory will be a problem. You will need a relatively large swap > > > file for glibc. I'd use 3G. Or 5G to make sure. Expect a very > > > long build time. > > I agree with Bruce. And you certainly don't want to use anything other > than "-j 1". > > > Glibc has already been built. I've just built binutils and had a *lot* > > of segfaults. Curiously they all occurred during configuration stages > > Not surprized at all with 1GB. Even configuration runs a lot of > programs. > > > When I built LFS 7.8 from a native toolkit, I had to leave the gcc > > tests to run overnight, but I didn't have any segfaults. If I can get > > this gcc and its libraries to compile natively, the rest of the system > > should be easier. > > Gonna build Firefox? <shudder> > > Bottom line: With such an underpowered CPU, 8W vs 65W for this Conroe & > 135W for my i7, and such limited RAM, one has a VERY STRONG incentive > for building on something beefier and exporting the built system to it, > one way or another. But don't get me wrong, I like "right-sized" > systems myself. ;-) > -- > Paul Rogers > paulgrog...@fastmail.fm > Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." > (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) > Well, my guess was wrong. I have now built and installed gcc which means that I have a fully native toolchain built in situ. It tested well too: only the 5 expected errors in libstdc++, and all the sanity tests passed. To see if this made any difference to the way the system behaves, I did a test build of binutils, including gold. It segfaulted again while configuring the build for gas. So hardware limitations must be the answer, though I still don't understand why I never saw anything like this while building 7.8 on the same machine. It's only one release further on after all; it can't have got that much heavier. Once I have a system that boots and that connects to the Internet, I won't need LFS7.8 any more, so I will tar up my complete Intel version of 8.0 and just copy it over onto that partition as suggested. -- H Russman -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
