> CFLAGS= -O2 -pipe -funroll-loops -ffast-math I had used similar optimizations soon after going from 6.1-RELEASE to 6-STABLE and discovered it was a bad idea. Using -O -pipe has since stood me in good stead. The system is by no means sluggish, even on a cut-rate build-on-a-budget machine.
I experienced that tuning for FS bottlenecks has a far greater performance impact. Splitting cache across different drives can have a positive effect similar to putting /usr/src and /usr/obj on different drives. After finding out where my needs were and partitioning appropriately, I have few complaints even with minimal optimization. That also holds for NetBSD on my dodgy old ACPI plus early AGP box that causes FreeBSD to panic unless I yank the s3 Trio for a couple of older cards and disable ACPI (1997 Microstar EISA/PCI/AGP K6 "transitional" hardware). Even when I just slap on an extra 2 gig drive for cache and /usr/obj, Net runs noticeably faster. Charles _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
