On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 15:45:31 +0200, Simon Barner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Markie wrote: > > Has anyone else noticed that the 5.x series kernel compile times take much > > longer than that of the 4.x series? My friends 233MHz machine running 4.x > > finished a kernel compile before my 500MHz machine running 5.x a while > > back. It seems to take forever? Is there a reason for this, or is it just > > me seeing this problem?
The reason why it takes longer to compile a 5.* kernel is the difference in the architecture. The 5.* kernels handle the hardware differently than the 4.* kernels. > > FreeBSD 5 uses GCC 3.x as system compiler, whereas 4 is based on GCC > 2.y. Negative, the gcc 3.* compiler is used only in FreeBSD versions onwards 5.3. Regards S. -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
