Re: performance gain by compiling ports and kernel / java issues

2003-12-10 Thread Lucas Holt
On Dec 10, 2003, at 8:12 AM, Bert Lagaisse wrote: Hey, 1) I now use the performance-gain do I obtain by building my own kernel and compiling the ports ? (the system is a PIII 500 Mhz with 512 MB ram) Does the extra work and efforts compare to the gain ? If you have a newer processor, there can

RE: performance gain by compiling ports and kernel / java issues

2003-12-10 Thread fbsd_user
To answer your question number 1. I have done it both ways and I have not seen any performance gain building things by hand. Time is money, so using an pre-built port which is called an package is all ways my first choose. If the port I want does not have package then I use the port. Only at times