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    SubjectRe: 2.6.25-rc7: Ugh.
    On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Mark Lord wrote:

    > David Miller wrote:
    >> From: rct@frus.com (Bob Tracy)
    >> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:42:58 -0500 (CDT)
    >>
    >>> I don't understand this claim. On what incredibly fast piece of iron
    >>> can you possibly do between 8 and 16 kernel builds (the range I've
    >>> encountered when I do the "git bisect" dance), boot each one, and
    >>> evaluate the results in so small a period of time?
    >>
    >> Builds are just over a minute on my box. I can do a full
    >> kernel build plus reboot cycle in under 2 minutes.
    > ...
    >
    > Well, lucky you.
    >
    > I have a box almost that quick here, too.
    > Except it's not the one with the problem.
    >
    > My main email/work machine is the one with the problem,
    > and the downtime is not affordable -- ie. it costs *me* personally money.

    not that it's relavent to the problem that you are troubleshooting (based
    on later messages), but I will point out that there is nothing wrong with
    useing a fast box to compile kernels for slower boxes.

    David Lang


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