Many thanks - I've added an entry to 

	http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/kernel/index.html#kernel-compile-slow

	it should show up in an hour or so.

	It mentions the "make COPTS=-O" trick, but concludes with

	"Of course, generally the fastest way to compile a kernel on a low
	 memory machine is to use another machine, or temporarily add some
	 more memory!" :)
	
		David/absolute

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On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Boris Kimmina wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Jul 1999 15:12:25 -0700 (PDT), David Brownlee wrote:
> 
> > 	Hmm - actually switching to just '-O' rather than '-O2' might give
> > 	you most of the compile time gain without casuing the generated
> > 	kernel to be that much slower.
> > 
> > 	Again - if you want to let us know how much/little you gain I'll
> > 	get the FAQs updated!
> 
> At first I tried to separate make and cc, but as you expected, that
> doesn't change anything one could notice. Switching from '-O2' to '-O'
> or nothing at all makes cc1 about half as big as before, and it gives
> me the feeling to be faster, but the whole thing still would take many
> days, I suppose.
> 
> The solution was, to borrow 16M from another machine. I did a 'make
> clean' and a 'make' (now with '-O2' again) and two hours later the
> thing was finished.
> 
> As for the FAQs: the line 'BUY MORE RAM!' should be enough ;-)
> 
> thanks for all kind help
> boris
> 
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