Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:01:21 -0700 (PDT) | From | david@lang ... | Subject | Re: 2.6.25-rc7: Ugh. |
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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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