From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754779AbYDESUX (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:20:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753154AbYDESUL (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:20:11 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:43837 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753042AbYDESUK (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:20:10 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc7: Ugh. Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:23:12 -0400 Message-ID: <47F7C390.3080108@tmr.com> References: <20080327.201202.163153963.davem@davemloft.net> <20080328044258.7AA98DBA2@gherkin.frus.com> <20080327.215622.103233305.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-68-236-140-141.alb.east.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061105 SeaMonkey/1.0.6 In-Reply-To: <20080327.215622.103233305.davem@davemloft.net> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org David Miller wrote: > From: rct@frus.com (Bob Tracy) > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:42:58 -0500 (CDT) > >> I don't understand this claim. On what incredibly fast piece of iron >> can you possibly do between 8 and 16 kernel builds (the range I've >> encountered when I do the "git bisect" dance), boot each one, and >> evaluate the results in so small a period of time? > > Builds are just over a minute on my box. I can do a full > kernel build plus reboot cycle in under 2 minutes. > Most of us got over "mine is bigger than yours" bragging at about age 13. He said "laptop," that means slow builds, slow installs, slow boots, and unless he's on a fat net pipe to a faster machine, build elsewhere isn't much of a saving. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot