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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 08:58:03 +0200
Subject: [Buildroot] AVR32 kernel install bug
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Hello,

On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:39:43 +0200
"Joachim Pihl" <joachim.pihl@sensordevelopments.com> wrote:

> I think getting virtualbox to use more than one core for the VM will  
> probably help even more, but disk access is probably another killer.
> I'll see what I can get virtualbox to do, but I am running a laptop,
> so adding another HD is not an option. Repartitioning is also a mess,
> but it could work.

Well, typically the compilation process is also quite I/O intensive, as
it needs to read and write many, many small files. So bringing more and
more CPU power without bringing the corresponding I/O performance will
not yield significant improvements.

Regards,

Thomas
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