Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Apr 2003 23:08:09 +0200 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: kernel hcking |
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On Fri, 2003-04-11 17:37:11 +0200, Antonio Vargas <wind@cocodriloo.com> wrote in message <20030411153711.GE25862@wind.cocodriloo.com>: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 04:24:37PM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > > > Also every time you makes changes in the kernel it must be hell to > > > recompile the whole thing > > > > If you are testing kernels on a separate machine to the one you are > > compiling on, and therefore not rebooting, it's not much of a problem > > - with enough RAM, most or all of the kernel source will be cached, > > and you can compile a kernel in three to five minutes on a fast > > machine. > > John, you mean a "make clean && make bzImage" takes you only about 4 > minutes??? I would like to know more details about .config, machine > specs, compiler and so on :)
Um, take 1.5GB RAM and one of those dual athlon boards and you'll even do a full compile in <5min...
MfG, JBG
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