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Distributed Compilation, Part II

February 3, 2011 / posted in BSD, ccache, compilation, computer, Configuration, cross-compilation, cross-platform, distributed compilation, experiments, heterogeneous, NetBSD, Network, pkgsrc, pump, server, shellscript, SPARC, SPARC64, Sun, UltraSPARC / 2 Comments

As I wrote in my previous Post, , the so far gained speed up of compilation times was significant, but it still took long. The most obvious solution was to add more hosts to the list, but which hosts should that be? The Ultra-5 of course not, and all other Sun computers were slower and [...]

Distributed Compilation, Part I

February 2, 2011 / posted in BSD, ccache, compilation, computer, Configuration, distributed compilation, experiments, NetBSD, Network, pkgsrc, pump, server, shellscript, SPARC, SPARC64, Sun, UltraSPARC / 2 Comments

Introduction I have several old Sun machines, which are all still working fine, but partly lack performance of modern computers and/or RAM. I usually install NetBSD on my computers, especially on those Sun-boxes. The advantage is that every machine has the same “look and feel”, I know exactly what to do, etc. The downside is [...]