Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:15:47 -0600 (CST) | From | Adam Heath <> | Subject | Re: support of older compilers |
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On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 10:50:38 CST, Adam Heath said: > > > I didn't deny the speed difference of older and newer compilers. > > > > But why is this an issue when compiling a kernel? How often do you compile > > your kernel? > > If you're working on older hardware (note the number of people on this > list still using 500mz Pentium3 and similar), and a kernel developer, the > difference between 2 hours to build a kernel and 4 hours to build a > kernel matters quite a bit.
Use faster hardware to compile a kernel. Cross-compiling is easy for kernels.
Plus, at least on i386/debian, kernel-package makes it easy.
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