Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 04 Nov 2004 10:54:52 -0800 | From | Ian Romanick <> | Subject | Re: support of older compilers |
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Adam Heath wrote: > On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, wrote: >>On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 10:50:38 CST, Adam Heath said: >> >>>I didn't deny the speed difference of older and newer compilers. >>> >>>But why is this an issue when compiling a kernel? How often do you compile >>>your kernel? >> >>If you're working on older hardware (note the number of people on this >>list still using 500mz Pentium3 and similar), and a kernel developer, the >>difference between 2 hours to build a kernel and 4 hours to build a >>kernel matters quite a bit. > > Use faster hardware to compile a kernel. Cross-compiling is easy for kernels. > > Plus, at least on i386/debian, kernel-package makes it easy.
And if that 500MHz Pentium3 *IS* they fastest hardware they have? Should they just go carjack someone to fund a new system to make you happy? ;) Not everyone has a corporation like IBM or Redhat to fund their hardware needs. A lot of people that make real, valuable contributions to lk are on a shoestring budget. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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