On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:15:51 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > 5 hours? Did you say 5 hours? > > I have a 10 year old dual Mendocino 550 machine with only 384MB of PC100 > that takes about 30 minutes to compile my custom kernels using make -j2. > > I'd guess you're including the kitchen sink. Don't build the hundreds > of driver modules your machines won't ever use. That is the key to > reducing build time.
+1 Absolutely, Stan. Building a "lean and mean" kernel, one which only contains what the machine needs, is where the big savings are. But configuring the kernel to do that takes time. And it is easy to make a mistake. For example, I've learned from experience that I need SCSI support in my kernel, even though I have no SCSI adapter in my machine. So much stuff emulates SCSI now, or uses SCSI protocols in communication. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/868903406.2094701.1316908513981.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
