From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15574 invoked by alias); 1 May 2002 17:37:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 15566 invoked from network); 1 May 2002 17:37:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO inet1.ywave.com) (65.161.32.36) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 1 May 2002 17:37:40 -0000 Received: from Debug (inet1.yelmtel.com [65.161.32.36]) by inet1.ywave.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 6BB982CC95; Wed, 1 May 2002 10:37:03 -0700 (PDT) To: Ken Faiczak , "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" From: tprince@ywave.com Subject: Re: FW: trying to understand poor performance of make + cygwin on W2K Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 10:37:00 -0000 Message-Id: <20020501173703.6BB982CC95@inet1.ywave.com> X-SW-Source: 2002-05/txt/msg00043.txt.bz2 > > I'm trying gain some performance for our build process (cygwin on win2k) > and have compared it to the same make on linux > > If I completely build our tree (about > then rerun the make from the top it takes 9.5 seconds on linux > > if I do the same test on the same machine running > (machine P3-500 512MB) > win2k +cygwin 1.3.9 +make (3.79.1) > it takes 3.5 minutes > > so 210 seconds versus 9 seconds. > all its doing is recursing down the tree, testing the dependancies > and determining it has nothing to do, so its not compiling anything > its all make +cygwin, I think (ie no gcc invoked anywhere) > > any ideas on what to try? > is this an issue with the cygwin fork() implementation?? > is this as good as it gets > > ken > Normally, make runs at least 30% of full speed under cygwin. Are you running with cygwin installed on a local drive, first on the search path, with your local drives ahead of network drives? --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/