Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:18:58 +0200 (CEST) | From | MOLNAR Ingo <> | Subject | Re: kernel compile time comparison (2.0 vs 2.1 with 64MB) |
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On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Andre Derrick Balsa wrote:
> Conclusion: if you want faster compilations, get a faster CPU. Going > from Linux 2.0.x to 2.1.x will get you a negligible performance gain for > this kind of task.
this is not necessarily true for all systems. Although the system in question was a UP box, it's i think worth to mention that compilation speeds on SMP improve measurably with 2.1.
also, compilation _can_ be 'kernel-bound' on UP too, just try compiling Linux on a say 4MB box. (or 8MB)
-- mingo
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