I see.
Your BrickOven could solve a NetBSD problem. NetBSD comes, in contrast to Linux, out of one hand, one source code repository. This has NetBSD enabled to use crosscompiling (compiling is the task of generating machine code or binaries from human written code). That means, i can compile the Operating System (kernel, shell, libs, apps, install media, X11 GUI, everything) for a slow architecture such as mac68k on a fast architecture such as amd64 or i386.
NetBSD comes with all the tools one needs to start being productive. For example, a compiler, and GUI editor, a GUI mailer. But not everything is there. For example, there is no browser. You can add a package. But those packages have to be compiled at some time. For this, NetBSD has a system called PKGSRC, basically a directory tree that contains scripted instructions on where to download sourcecode and how to compile it. There are over 12000 packages to be built with each release, for each architecture.
Since the sourcecode in those thousands of packes comes from different sources, it can't be crosscompiled. Which is why you need to compile it on the target architecture. And there you have the problem. Mac68k is incredibly slow. Compiling a few packages needs days. The BrickOven could shorten the time to compile packages significantly. Indeed, one or two BrickOven and a fast networked fileserver could reduce the compiletime of all packages from several month to mere weeks. 8-o
So, where can i order a 8 Node BrickOven with LC475 boards clocked to 40MHz, NIC, 256MB Ram each and a basic NetBSD with distcc and ccache preinstalled? ;D
Your BrickOven could solve a NetBSD problem. NetBSD comes, in contrast to Linux, out of one hand, one source code repository. This has NetBSD enabled to use crosscompiling (compiling is the task of generating machine code or binaries from human written code). That means, i can compile the Operating System (kernel, shell, libs, apps, install media, X11 GUI, everything) for a slow architecture such as mac68k on a fast architecture such as amd64 or i386.
NetBSD comes with all the tools one needs to start being productive. For example, a compiler, and GUI editor, a GUI mailer. But not everything is there. For example, there is no browser. You can add a package. But those packages have to be compiled at some time. For this, NetBSD has a system called PKGSRC, basically a directory tree that contains scripted instructions on where to download sourcecode and how to compile it. There are over 12000 packages to be built with each release, for each architecture.
Since the sourcecode in those thousands of packes comes from different sources, it can't be crosscompiled. Which is why you need to compile it on the target architecture. And there you have the problem. Mac68k is incredibly slow. Compiling a few packages needs days. The BrickOven could shorten the time to compile packages significantly. Indeed, one or two BrickOven and a fast networked fileserver could reduce the compiletime of all packages from several month to mere weeks. 8-o
So, where can i order a 8 Node BrickOven with LC475 boards clocked to 40MHz, NIC, 256MB Ram each and a basic NetBSD with distcc and ccache preinstalled? ;D