Re: PC164LX running slow

[Jose Rodriguez <boriel@arrakis.es>]

Hi!

Bob McElrath wrote:

> This is correct.  It takes about the same time on my similarly configured
> machine.  What it comes down to is:
>
> 1) compiles are a good disk benchmark...slow disks=slow compile
>
> 2) Alpha is 64 bit RISC.  each instruction is 64 bits.  On Intel, each
> instruction varies in length (from 8 bit up to monster ones >128bit) but you

There may be also other facts (This is just my *suspects*, I'm new to this
matter:)

    The kernel source may be slighthly different (and maybe longer)  (?)
    One could be compiling the kernel with a different configuration (more
modules) on the Alpha than PC (?)

Regards,
Jose