linux-kernel - Re: Building the kernel on an SMP box?

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Date:	Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:33:09 -0400
From:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Building the kernel on an SMP box?

Andi Kleen wrote:
> "Brian D. McGrew" <brian@...ionpro.com> writes:
>> So, to ask the group that should know the best ... What would be a
>> reasonable configuration to get my builds down under five minutes or so?
>> And then to go to the extreme, what kind of horsepower should I be
>> looking for if I want get the build times down to say a minute or so???
> 
> Depending on your build pattern you can likely speed up rebuilds by
> using ccache. 
> 
> If that doesn't help get one or two (or more as needed) cheap dual
> core systems and use icecream (http://en.opensuse.org/Icecream) to do
> a cluster build and build with -jN (N=2*available cores/threads or so)

That sounds really useful, although I bet it assumes that the build 
environment is the same on all machines. Or at least similar. I'll have 
to try that, I have two lightly used machines to add to the build. Thanks!

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
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