On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 06:40:06PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > Wookey a écrit : > > On 2006-12-20 17:39 +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> For those who don't know, I have setup 8 emulated ARM build daemons and > >> started to upload packages. To know why and for more information, see > >> [1]. > > > > Very impressive piece of work aurelien! We ought to discuss if there > > is any significant reason not to use qemu 'machines' instead of actual > > hardware for slower arches. > > > > BTW, I don't think ARM needs emulated build machines. It's just that > it's the fastest ARM machine I found. My two NSLU2 won't have been enough. > > Also it seems the current ARM build machines altogether are fast enough > to build all the packages (except for building big packages like the > kernel). But a faster machine would mean that the Vancouver requirements > are satisfied, and also less machines to handle, so less work for the > ARM build daemon maintainer. Hi *, that brings up an interesting issue wrt the vancouver memorandum: it didn't address software emulation or virtualization. Can qemu and xen be shown to be reliable for buildd purposes? Does the aforementioned document need to be modified for these? cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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