Messages in this thread | | | From | Kalin KOZHUHAROV <> | Subject | Re: Some problems with 2.6.13.4 | Date | Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:27:15 +0900 |
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Nico Schottelius wrote: > Jesper Juhl [Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 10:22:22PM +0200]: > >>On 10/15/05, Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org> wrote: >>[snip] >> >>>Could we somehow debug this differently or do I have to install >>>2.6.13.2 and 2.6.13.1, too? It would take simply hours until it is >>>finished here. >>> >> >>If you have another, faster, machine available you could build the >>kernel(s) on that one. > > Actually, one of my fastest machines is this one: > > bruehe2# cat /proc/cpuinfo > [...] > model name : Pentium III (Katmai) > cpu MHz : 551.280 > [...] > > And one, which has a not-so-good connection to me. > > >>You don't have to build a kernel on the same >>machine that is later supposed to run it. > > > That's clear :-) > > >>Also, if you have more than one machine (even if they are not >>especially fast) then you can use distcc (http://distcc.samba.org/) to >>distribute the build over multiple machines which can speed up a build >>a great deal. > > > distcc will fail here, because of different gccs and different distributions > (ever tried to use gentoo and distcc in the same distcc-network? It's a real > pain). How come? I am using distcc + ccache in default install with at least -j5 on my network of Gentoo machines. And building a kernel with -j8 on 4 boxen (P4@2GHz each) is a snap. Particularly pleasing to watch distccmon-gui :-D
Kalin.
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