Re: Kernel Compile

From: Stefan O'Rear (stefanor_at_cox.net)
Date: 08/31/04

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    On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 01:06:59AM +0100, Grant wrote:
    > Hey,
    >
    > I have a laptop P2 300mhz, 128mb ram and a desktop box thats 2ghz,512mb ram.
    >
    > The question is that could i use my 2ghz machine to make and compile a
    > kernel, then package it up into a .deb and send it to the laptop and
    > install it and it work ?
    >
    > Would i need any extras ? i know i would have to select the hardware for
    > the laptop, but would i need to include the hardware for the 2ghz or
    > just the laptop ?

    Probably just the laptop, BUT, I seem to recall the *config doing
    limited hardware probing (like, if you don't watch out you'll get a P4
    only kernel).

    You may wish to look into distcc. It is a wrapper for gcc that spreads
    the work between multiple computers, e.g:

    make menuconfig

    CC=distcc make -j4 bzImage

    Your laptop and your desktop will be faster than your desktop alone.

    Note that old (< 2.6 i think) kernels simply can't be built with
    multiple processors, so you'd be out of luck whether it's distcc or your
    shiny new quad-Opteron PC.

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