Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Nov 2004 21:28:58 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: support of older compilers |
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On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Willy Tarreau wrote: > On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 12:17:01PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: > > > You're posting to the kernel development list--many people here recompile dozens > > > of times a day. > > > > So find the fastest computer you have, and use that. There is no need to > > compile a kernel on the machine it will be run on. > > Uhh ? > > What are you smoking ? We all have the fastest computers we can buy, and > since a kernel still takes a few minutes to compile on those computers, > we try to use the fastest compilers to save *HOURS* at the end of the day. > Nobody ever claimed that we all spend our time compiling on the target > system. I wonder if thas would be possible on a 16 MB/200 MHz MIPS ;-)
Why not? 16 MB and 200 MHz used to be plenty!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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