Kernel compiles, like the other benchmarks, are complex and a straight forward comparison between difference platforms is not really fair. As someone pointed out earlier, generating PowerPC code is a more complex affair than generating x86 code (which I have to admit, I did not know either).
On my system (8500/G3 375 MHz Sonnet card), I also take about 20 mins to compile a recent 2.4 kernel. My hard drives (SCSI-2) give about 5 MB/s on hdparm tests, and the overall system bus is 50 MHz. But I do have 1 G of RAM and I think that helps with the compile time on this system. cheers -- Vinai To get my real e-mail address, replace "4" with "for" in the above address On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> Another thing (I'm very new under ppc arch), is it normal that the >> kernel compilation takes more that 20minutes to finish?? With a basic >> configuration, it took 10mins on a i386 arch with a 850Mhz...If >> someone can shortly learn me some things about the ppc processor, it >> could be very nice :) > > It feels as if it takes a lot longer than that on a G3 500Mhz iBook. > I've always put most of it down to the slow (4200rpm) drive, but it's > maybe worth running hdparm to see if you can tweak the speed. Mine > also has the 66Mhz memory, but I guess yours should be better there.
