<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Is this a bad idea?</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I need to compile a 4.7.2 kernel for i586. The kernel config is copied from debian jessie with CONFIG_M586TSC=y.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't have 2 days to wait. </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>1. Spin up a CentOS 6.X 32 bit guest at Digital Ocean with 8 cores and 16GB of ram. This is $0.25/ht</div><div>2. Transfer linux-4.7.2.tar.xz and the config to it.</div><div>3. Unpack, copy the config to .config, make, create package, and transfer back to the i586 hardware.</div><div>4. Delete the guest. I only pay for the usage.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I'm doing this on a Digital Ocean guest of lowest power. Only 0.007/hr. It is still taking a long time. </div><div>I need to build the same kernel, but for i586, i686, and x86_64. I have the configs ready to go. I'm also perfecting my packaging too so I may have to build a few times.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I making assumptions based on my assumption that I can use 8 cores at 100% each for a couple hours. With Azure I can pay for a quarter core for testing under Winders.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div></body></html>