From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261651AbTDKU41 (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 16:56:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261700AbTDKU41 (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 16:56:27 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:37130 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261651AbTDKU4Z (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 16:56:25 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 23:08:09 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel hcking Message-ID: <20030411210808.GT5242@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030411170709.A33459@freebsdcluster.dk> <200304111524.h3BFObYL001454@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20030411153711.GE25862@wind.cocodriloo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mW9eGbZzDIYYWqGs" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030411153711.GE25862@wind.cocodriloo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.18 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --mW9eGbZzDIYYWqGs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-04-11 17:37:11 +0200, Antonio Vargas wrote in message <20030411153711.GE25862@wind.cocodriloo.com>: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 04:24:37PM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > > > Also every time you makes changes in the kernel it must be hell to > > > recompile the whole thing > >=20 > > If you are testing kernels on a separate machine to the one you are > > compiling on, and therefore not rebooting, it's not much of a problem > > - with enough RAM, most or all of the kernel source will be cached, > > and you can compile a kernel in three to five minutes on a fast > > machine. >=20 > John, you mean a "make clean && make bzImage" takes you only about 4 > minutes??? I would like to know more details about .config, machine > specs, compiler and so on :) Um, take 1.5GB RAM and one of those dual athlon boards and you'll even do a full compile in <5min... MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Ira= k! ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(IRAQ_WAR_2 | DRM | TCPA)); --mW9eGbZzDIYYWqGs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+ly64Hb1edYOZ4bsRAlT6AJ9+RReOxV/+58hH989pIuyl565fBwCdH67q OX6LtvZqruIw+f2w1ZuFNcQ= =kkBF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mW9eGbZzDIYYWqGs--