Messages in this thread |  | | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.25-rc7: Ugh. | Date | Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:23:12 -0400 |
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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. > Most of us got over "mine is bigger than yours" bragging at about age 13. He said "laptop," that means slow builds, slow installs, slow boots, and unless he's on a fat net pipe to a faster machine, build elsewhere isn't much of a saving.
-- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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