Bitslingers-R-Us on Nostr: Did you know that #NetBSD #m68k can compile itself from scratch? How long would you ...
Did you know that #NetBSD #m68k can compile itself from scratch?
How long would you imagine it might take to compile NetBSD 10 from source on real m68k hardware? Earlier this year I wanted to find out, so I set up a Macintosh to try it.
The toolchain, OS and installation sets started on 16-March and finished on 10-May:
build.sh started: Sat Mar 16 17:04:20 UTC 2024
build.sh ended: Fri May 10 00:35:54 UTC 2024
4692724.22 real 3810544.56 user 700310.18 sys
That’s 1303 and a half hours, or almost eight weeks, or 54 days.
Installing the OS using build.sh took another four hours (4:08:39).
The kernel took another almost 21 hours (20:55).
That’s a lot of time, but it worked without issues, and the system runs happily!
How long would you imagine it might take to compile NetBSD 10 from source on real m68k hardware? Earlier this year I wanted to find out, so I set up a Macintosh to try it.
The toolchain, OS and installation sets started on 16-March and finished on 10-May:
build.sh started: Sat Mar 16 17:04:20 UTC 2024
build.sh ended: Fri May 10 00:35:54 UTC 2024
4692724.22 real 3810544.56 user 700310.18 sys
That’s 1303 and a half hours, or almost eight weeks, or 54 days.
Installing the OS using build.sh took another four hours (4:08:39).
The kernel took another almost 21 hours (20:55).
That’s a lot of time, but it worked without issues, and the system runs happily!