[ale] Use cloud guest to compile kernel

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Sun Sep 25 10:22:15 EDT 2016


I remember compiling Thunderbird taking close to a day.. oh Gentoo.

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On Sep 25, 2016 11:20 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sep 25, 2016 9:01 AM, "Boris Borisov" <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 2 days? Not that I have compiled kernel recently.
>
> My thoughts exactly. My last kernel compile was about a year ago and it
> took 15-20 minutes. That's about what it has always required over the
> years. Of course I got rid of that IBM PC Jr well over a decade ago :-)
> >
> >
> > On Sep 23, 2016 4:36 PM, "leam hall" <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> You can get a 1 year free AWS option too, as long as you stay small it
> won't cost.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Chris Fowler <
> cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Is this a bad idea?
> >>>
> >>> I need to compile a 4.7.2 kernel for i586.  The kernel config is
> copied from debian jessie with CONFIG_M586TSC=y.
> >>>
> >>> I don't have 2 days to wait.
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >>> 2. Transfer linux-4.7.2.tar.xz and the config to it.
> >>> 3.  Unpack, copy the config to .config, make, create package, and
> transfer back to the i586 hardware.
> >>> 4.  Delete the guest. I only pay for the usage.
> >>>
> >>> I'm doing this on a Digital Ocean guest of lowest power.  Only
> 0.007/hr.  It is still taking a long time.
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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