> > Despite the level of "System" time, I was able to run a complete > > "build.sh -j48 release" in less than 45 minutes. And afterwards, I > > was able to build a complete new kernel in 44 seconds. (I guess > > most all of the source directory was cached somewhere in that 32GB > > of RAM!) > > *Shrug* that's about how long it takes on my 4 year old Mac Pro with > 8 cores...
FWIW, my phenomII X6 1100T (3.3ghz) does amd64 "release iso-image" in about 35 minutes. so for 24 cores at 2.1ghz to take 45 minutes is pretty slow. thor: 4 years ago, the amd64 build was a LOT faster due to no 32 bit compat. that adds at least 25% to the build time, IIRC. are you comparing it with modern builds? .mrg.