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<p dir="ltr">On Sep 23, 2016 3:55 PM, "Raj Wurttemberg" <<a href="mailto:rajaw@c64.us">rajaw@c64.us</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Why not just cross-compile (-march=i586) on your local system and then upload the finished product? Make sure to use the “-j” switch also to keep all of the CPUs busy.</p>
<p dir="ltr">+1. Keep your local machine busy. The universe hates an unused, cool core.<br>
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> From: <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] On Behalf Of Chris Fowler<br>
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 2:42 PM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a><br>
> Subject: [ale] Use cloud guest to compile kernel<br>
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> Is this a bad idea?<br>
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> I need to compile a 4.7.2 kernel for i586. The kernel config is copied from debian jessie with CONFIG_M586TSC=y.<br>
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> I don't have 2 days to wait. <br>
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> 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<br>
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> 2. Transfer linux-4.7.2.tar.xz and the config to it.<br>
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> 3. Unpack, copy the config to .config, make, create package, and transfer back to the i586 hardware.<br>
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> 4. Delete the guest. I only pay for the usage.<br>
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> I'm doing this on a Digital Ocean guest of lowest power. Only 0.007/hr. It is still taking a long time. <br>
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> 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.<br>
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> 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.<br>
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