Re: FYI: main-arm64 port-packages built per Hr. on ampere2, some history and comparisons/contrasts

From: Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2025 02:18:19 UTC
[Just a minor correction to a figure and its consequences.
The typo ended up used in the calculation.]

On Oct 31, 2025, at 16:28, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Start time then built/approx.Hrs approx.= ratio
> 
> I tried to avoid examples of incremental builds
> and of large scale build failures.
> 
> 
> ampere2: (so debug-build for each of boot-kernel,
>          boot-world; main-arm64 so debug-build of
>          jail-world)
> 01 Mar 2025 01:34:16 GMT 34828/162.0 approx.= 215.0
> 11 Mar 2025 01:30:33 GMT 34853/163.3 approx.= 214.4
> 01 Apr 2025 01:31:49 GMT 34856/508.0 approx.=  68.6
> 06 May 2025 02:47:25 GMT 34892/458.3 approx.=  76.1
> 14 Jun 2025 02:48:40 GMT 34596/390.3 approx.=  88.6
> 19 Jul 2025 01:09:55 GMT 34787/406.3 approx.=  85.6
> 19 Aug 2025 13:44:37 GMT 35240/506.5 approx.=  69.6
> 19 Oct 2025 16:25:18 GMT 35244/235.3 approx.= 149.8
Correction to the above line:

19 Oct 2025 16:25:18 GMT 35244/234.3 approx.= 150.4 (not "/235.3")

> 
> (I ignored Failed builds. The detailed ports tree
> content also varied. As did the detailed boot kernel,
> boot world, and jail world. Also: pkg versions varied.)
> 
> Such builds of main-arm64 on an ampere are the most time
> consuming generally.
> 
> 
> 150releng-arm64 has a default (latest) and a Quarterly
> comparison/contrast available. Quarterly is from
> ampere3 instead of ampere2. default is from ampere2.
> 
> ampere2 (150releng-arm64 so non-debug jail world):
> 12 Oct 2025 03:38:25 GMT 35356/180.8 approx.= 195.6
> 
> At this point 15.0 and main are not all that different,
> but, for example, the jail world for main is a debug build
> on ampere2 but 150releng-arm64 is not.
> 
> ampere3 (so non-debug for each of boot-kernel, boot-world;
>         150releng-arm64 so non-debug jail-world):
> 12 Oct 2025 02:29:30 GMT 35601/177.9 approx.= 200.1
> 
> 
> There is one 143arm64-default (latest) from ampere3 that
> is available as well:
> 
> ampere3 (so non-debug for each of boot-kernel, boot-world;
>         143arm64-default so non-debug jail-world):
> 19 Oct 2025 12:21:31 GMT 35415/150.4 approx.= 235.5


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Mark Millard
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