From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265062AbUETMFV (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 May 2004 08:05:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265094AbUETMFU (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 May 2004 08:05:20 -0400 Received: from ol.freeshell.org ([192.94.73.20]:51139 "EHLO sdf.lonestar.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265062AbUETMFR (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 May 2004 08:05:17 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 12:05:15 +0000 From: john weber To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Performance Tuning Message-ID: <20040520120514.GA29540@sixbit.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: worldwideweber Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I've been comparing kernel compile stats online to those I get on my own machine, and I am baffled. Kernel compiles take 6m38s on my P4 2.8GHz (with HT enabled) and 512 MB RAM as compared to 20-30 seconds reported by folks online. I am running kernel 2.6.6. While I understand that this varies with the config, I also don't see why it should vary so much. Does anyone have any pointers on how I could best troubleshoot my performance?