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<p>I could even compile it for you if you want. Not a clue how long
it would take to upload, but I have an X5670, 24GB of RAM and I
basically just use this computer for browsing Reddit... :P<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/23/2016 3:50 PM, Raj Wurttemberg
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Chris Fowler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2016 2:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ale] Use cloud guest to compile kernel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Is
this a bad idea?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I
need to compile a 4.7.2 kernel for i586. The kernel
config is copied from debian jessie
with CONFIG_M586TSC=y.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I
don't have 2 days to wait. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2.
Transfer linux-4.7.2.tar.xz and the config to it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">3.
Unpack, copy the config to .config, make, create
package, and transfer back to the i586 hardware.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">4.
Delete the guest. I only pay for the usage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I'm
doing this on a Digital Ocean guest of lowest power.
Only 0.007/hr. It is still taking a long time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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