Subject: Re: FreeBSD Bus DMA
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: John S. Dyson <dyson@freebsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/12/1998 01:22:24
Perry E. Metzger said:
> 
> "John S. Dyson" writes:
> > I will state conclusively: the compiles were 2.5X to 3X faster,
> 
> Please also state:
> 
> 1) the code base being compiled
Our product.

> 2) the compile times
About 1.5Hrs vs. about 30-40mins or so.

> 3) the machine types
X86. 

> and
> 4) the versions of the OS that were running.
> 
FreeBSD-current, vs. a recent NetBSD.  Anecdotal
evidence using Linux shows similar results.

> 
> Perry
> PS You stated I was lying, btw, when I said that you claimed compiles
> were 3X faster.
> 
Yes I did, and what you just claimed is not what I claimed.


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