X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:50:35 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin slow on x64 systems Message-ID: <20100430135035.GA11061@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20100123171936 DOT GE23796 AT err> <1847a1f034b137ba0d95d8a866bfc070 AT mail DOT smartmobili DOT com> <28354068 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <4BDAD9B2 DOT 2080203 AT sidefx DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4BDAD9B2.2080203@sidefx.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 09:22:58AM -0400, Edward Lam wrote: >NightStrike wrote: >> Port cygwin to win64 via mingw-w64 :) :) > >I'm not convinced that this will help. As mentioned already, there was a >very specific change between cygwin releases that resulted in the slow >down. It would be more helpful if someone actually compared the source, >ran some profiles and figured out which change it was that actually >caused the slowdown. From that, we can then properly assess the >situation and decide on the best way to address it. Please go right ahead and do that. Welcome to the wonders of free software. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple