Subject: Re: mac68k Packages for 1.6
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Bryan Vyhmeister <bsd@hub3.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/31/2002 12:36:37
I have 64MB of RAM in the SE/30. I am used to compiling on my P3 1GHz 
and P3 500MHz machines and a 68030 16MHz is way different. I am about 
to pick up a 25MHz Mac IIci with 128MB of RAM which should be better 
but it is still no speed daemon.

Bryan

On Thursday, Oct 31, 2002, at 12:33 US/Pacific, Allen Briggs wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 12:28:52PM -0800, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
>> I was wondering about how package builds would be done. I just 
>> compiled
>> standalone-tcsh on my SE/30 and it took around two to three hours. I
>> started a kernel compile last night and it is still going almost ten
>> hours later.
>
> How much RAM do you have?  Are you swapping a lot, or have I just
> forgotten what the speed of these machines is?
>
>> I was also wondering if it is possible to cross-compile packages for
>> m68k?
>
> This is something that people have taken some look at.  Some packages
> would be pretty straight-forward to cross-compile, I think, but others
> would be real pains.
>
> -allen
>
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