Hi,

Thanks, that might be worth a shot for me as well.

BTW, build release takes 24 hrs on a 200mhz 604e, but, damn
those intel boxes, only 12 hrs on a 266mhz p6.  Both with local
disks...

It taks a bit longer on my 100mhz micro-sparc :-(

cheers

bruce


On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 12:37:05PM +0100, Gary Parker wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: port-sparc-owner@NetBSD.org 
> > [mailto:port-sparc-owner@NetBSD.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Reynolds
> > Sent: 18 May 2005 11:37
> > To: port-sparc@netbsd.org
> > Subject: optimising for sparc v8
> > 
> > However, I'm hesitant to rebuild NetBSD 2.0.2 from scratch on 
> > my ss5-110, I think it might take a while. Are there specific 
> > binaries that would provide the most benefit if recompiled?
> 
> I'm running 2.0.2 on a pair of 150MHz Hypersparcs and I see quite an
> improvement in overall system performance when I './build.sh distribution'
> with the following in /etc/mk.conf:
> 
> CPUFLAGS=-mcpu=hypersparc
> COPTS+=-pipe
> BUILDFLAGS+=-j3
> 
> FYI, it takes me approx. 24hrs to do a buildworld on my system with 256MB of
> RAM so don't be too put off by the thought :)
> 
> I find it's worthwhile compiling the kernel with the CPUFLAGS set as well as
> you get better scheduling as well as improved floating point instructions
> but the build always fails on my machine with pipe or j3 set.
> 
> Gary
> 

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