On Aug 8, 2011, at 10:26 PM, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 06:53:40PM -0400, Super Bisquit wrote: >> Why does Tinderbox need cross tools? Is the build not native? If so, then >> the rationale would be to build on the architecture and not use cross >> compilation. > > - There are no powerpc machines currently online at *.FreeBSD.org. > > - The powerpc machines that we run on are far slower than the tinderbox > machines. > > - Even if we had powerpc machines available, and could deal with the > time-lag for world builds, what then about archs with no native > machines available (e.g. MIPS)?
MIPS will build natively. Takes about 14 hours on one of my mips boards (high end access point grade) or about 2 hours on my Cavium over pessimal network setup. Warner _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
