Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:54:59 -0800 (PST) | From | viper <> | Subject | Re: proper place to discuss kernel 'bloatedness'? |
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The compile process is just to intensive for a server. If you had 30 people doing gcc it would kill almost any server. Adding code to restrict things is not a good idea either..
---"Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> wrote: > > > Alexander Viro writes: > > > Server-side compiles... ;-/ Nah... gcc is waay too memory-thirsty > > and several clients will suffocate any server. Unless you have a > > spare Beowulf cluster to burn, that is. > > Perhaps a server could be supported by advertising. > > Another idea would be local area support. For example, > an ISP or university could support their customers. > In this case, abuse could be reduced by restricting > the config options to hardware that was sold back > in the 386 era. Maybe even add code to prevent booting > on the 486 and above. > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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