Re: Building computer
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Beco <rcb@beco.cc> wrote:
> On 26 September 2013 22:22, Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> (I've compiled a kernel on a netbook; you'd better have a few hours to
>> spare...)
>
> Questions for people who compile kernel and their machines:
>
> 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)?
On a 2.4 GHz i7-4700MQ laptop with 16 GB of RAM (sorry Stan!), "make
deb-pkg" using an unmodified distribution config takes about 55
minutes.
IIRC, on a netbook's Atom (I've forgotten the exact processor, but it
was a second generation Acer netbook), the same compilation took 6 or
7 hours.
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