Pentium M Surprise

[David Scheidt]

Warren Block wrote:
> Two machines freshly cvsupped with 5-Stable to the same level.
> 
> Generic Computer
> Athlon XP Barton 3000, 512M, 80G 7200 RPM drive
> 
> make buildworld        1928 seconds  32.13 minutes
> make buildkernel        449 seconds   7.48 minutes
> make installworld        16 seconds
> 
> 
> Thinkpad T42
> Pentium M 1.7GHz, 512M, 40G 7200 RPM drive, AC power
> 
> make buildworld        1838 seconds  30.63 minutes
> make buildkernel        421 seconds   7.02 minutes
> make installworld        17 seconds
> 
> 
> So the little notebook is noticeably faster than the power tower.  But 
> to make up for the difference, the tower has a serial port!  And 
> four--FOUR!--loud fans!

The 2mb L2 cache on the Pentium M makes a big difference in compliation. 
  In other cases, it doesn't matter much.

The T42 also runs FreeBSD very well.  All of the hardware on mine is 
supported, except, I think, the modem.  I've never had reason to want to 
use it, so it's not a problem for me.