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Re: compile time on 2.6.8



Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:

> How long is it taking people who compile the
> 2.6.8 kernel?  It is taking about 30-40 minutes
> on my dual AMD MP2100??  And I am compiling from
> a Deb Sarge kernel-image 2.6.8-1-K7-smp??
> Doesn't seem right. Seems like I used to compile
> in 5 minutes or less??
> 

Hi
You should try:
export MAKE="make -j3"
before running make-kpkg, you should get a higher load but also a shorter
compilation time as the 2 cpus will be used.

this assumes that you do it "the debian way", I think you can do the same
with the standard procedure.



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