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Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:01:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	david@...g.hm
To:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, rct@...s.com, jkosina@...e.cz,
	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, pavel@...e.cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc7: Ugh.

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Mark Lord wrote:

> David Miller wrote:
>> From: rct@...s.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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