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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.utdallas.edu!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Shared Library Status ? Message-ID: <hastyCM9r6q.KFB@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <JKH.94Mar5233255@whisker.hubbard.ie> <hastyCM8Buv.26z@netcom.com> <michaelv.762936864@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 00:40:01 GMT Lines: 58 In article <michaelv.762936864@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes: >In <hastyCM8Buv.26z@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: > >>In article <JKH.94Mar5233255@whisker.hubbard.ie> jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: >>>In article <BDC.94Mar5153350@blackjack.ai.mit.edu> bdc@blackjack.ai.mit.edu (Brian D. Carlstrom) writes: >>> >>> In article <JKH.94Mar4163154@nx.ilo.dec.com> jkh@nx.ilo.dec.com (Jordan Hobbard) writes: >>> >>> Only one method that I know of - you can see it in FreeBSD 1.1 BETA >>> on freebsd.cdrom.com >>> >>> um, NetBSD-current from: >>> /ftp@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu:/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current >>> has shared libraries...i'm using them as i type... >>> >>>I wasn't trying to imply that NetBSD didn't also have such examples, >>>it's simply that I've learned from long and bitter experience not to >>>comment on anything in NetBSD (and would be more than pleased if a >>>reciprocal degree of courtesy was shown us). I figured a NetBSD >>>person would pipe up and speak for themselves.. >>> >>> Jordan > >I'm sorry you experienced such behaviour. When relevent, I try to >make reference to FreeBSD in the same context as NetBSD. Of course, >NetBSD is the system I choose, but I'd take FreeBSD in a heartbeat >over Linux, DOS, Windoze, or anything other than NetBSD. :-) > >>Hmmm... >>How is the performance nowdays of apps linked with shared-libraries? > >>A while ago netbsd-current shared library implementation was slow... > >>So, how long does it take to compile a kernel with shared library >>utilities vs static utilities, gcc, ld, etc.. under FreeBSD or >>NetBSD? > >I can't say that I've noticed any substantial difference, actually. >I'm sure someone somewhere has measured it, but my perception is that >my NetBSD-current system with shared libs runs quite smoothly. I'm >extremely satisfied with NetBSD-current and its shared lib >implementation. I assume FreeBSD-current's is pretty much the same. > Perhaps you can tell us how long does it take to compile your kernel also include your config file and hardware configuration? I have seen kernel compiles on my old 486DX33 (RIP) grow from 11 minutes with the old 386bsd plus patches to 22 + minutes under a netbsd-current with shared-libraries. Tnks, Amancio -- FREE unix, gcc, tcp/ip, X, open-look, interviews, tcl/tk, MIME, midi, sound at freebsd.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD Amancio Hasty, Consultant | Home: (415) 495-3046 | e-mail hasty@netcom.com | ftp-site depository of all my work: ahasty@cisco.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/X