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Bernd Machenschalk
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20 May 2006 16:59:56 UTC
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    As promised, I made a FreeBSD App from the same code the Linux App was built from. It was made on a FreeBSD 5 system, so should run from then on. (FreeBSD 4 was dropped because even the BOINC Client doesn't run there anymore). It is available on our usual Beta Test Page.

    Our possibilities regarding developing and testing on this OS are even more limited than last time I made such an App, so you're more or less on your own.

    A known issue is that with some clients the "fraction done" is not reported correctly to the client. However the App runs successful on two systems I tested it on and gives valid results - and it's fast!

    I'd be curious to know if it's faster than running the Linux App on FreeBSD, because the code is really identical.

    Happy Testing!

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    Bernd Machenschalk
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    FreeBSD x86 Beta Test App 4.61 available

    20 May 2006 17:45:26 UTC
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      That's a little odd!


      No, not only a little... I'll have a look. Can you - for now - fix it with a symlink?

      Edit: I have an idea what happened there, but I won't be able to do something about it before monday.

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      Bernd Machenschalk
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      The source code is identical

      20 May 2006 18:05:00 UTC
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        The source code is identical to what's used in the 4.58 Linux App.

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        Thanks a lot! I'll do what I

        20 May 2006 18:50:35 UTC
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          Thanks a lot! I'll do what I can.

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          RE: Is it possible that the

          20 May 2006 19:30:16 UTC
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            Is it possible that the binary is from FreeBSD 5.2.1?


            Yep, that's unfortunately the case.

            Quote:
            There were some rather major changes between 5.2.1 and 5.3. You will have to use 5.3 or newer to build this... Or do a static binary.


            Thanks for the info!

            Will do.

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            RE: On my Athlon XP (SSE,

            21 May 2006 9:58:29 UTC
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              On my Athlon XP (SSE, 1733 MHz, 256 kB L2 cache) times are down from ~21,900 to ~12,950 seconds.
              On my dual-core Opteron 165 (SSE3, 1800 MHz, 1MB L2 cache per core) times went down from ~18,600 to ~6,240.


              What have you been using before? The old 0.40 FreeBSD Beta or a Linux App?

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              I've updated the FreeBSD App

              22 May 2006 18:12:29 UTC
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                I've updated the FreeBSD App on the Beta Test Page, keeping the same version number. The md5sum of the new package is d53fe3cb16bbf00a9e8ce5d824fe27f9 . It was built as a static binary on a FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE system and also tested on a FreeBSD 6 machine. Have a look.

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                It just so happened that I

                22 May 2006 18:34:03 UTC
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                  It just so happened that I expected this - the page has been updated again, new md5sum for the dynamic binary package is d21630ac6abe657837db8e8709980869.

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                  Bernd Machenschalk
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                  Do you have any idea whether

                  22 May 2006 18:50:19 UTC
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                    Do you have any idea whether this will work on FreeBSD prior to 5.5-Pre? Probably on 5.4, but what about 5.3 or 5.2? Anyone still using these systems?

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                    BTW: Thanks to Jürgen

                    22 May 2006 19:08:28 UTC
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                      BTW: Thanks to Jürgen Nickelsen in Berlin and Gerrit Kühn in Hannover for providing machines and support

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