Re: Building computer
On Fri, 2013-09-27 at 09:30 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 23:57 -0300, Beco wrote:
> > How long a "considered fast" kernel compilation would last? I'd like
> > to have a clue. And in what kind of computer (processor / RAM /
> > anything else relevant)?
>
> Building older and current kernels with configurations that are close to
> Debian, Ubuntu or Arch Linux defaults takes around 90 minutes (in the
> past perhaps a little bit less and today perhaps around 120 minutes, I
> need to check this) on my 2.1GHz dual-core Athlon 64-bit, 4GiB RAM,
> concurrency level 2, resp. 2 jobs, but there quasi is no difference, if
> I don't use concurrency level 2, resp. 2 jobs. Older computers 900MHz
> single-core Athlon 32-bit, 2GiB and less, can't be used when compiling a
> kernel. I could use my computer while building the kernel, but I prefer
> to not use it, because it can cause issues. YMMV!
PS: There's no difference when compiling booted to linux or linux-rt,
when compiling linux or linux-rt. Again, YMMV.
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