John Refling <johnr@spimageworks.com> writes:
> I have a really old notebook 486sx with 8 MB ram, and am
> recompiling a new kernel.  It has been about 6 hours, with
> no end in sight.  I did the same with version 1.3.3 yesterday
> and it completed in about 2 hours!

Welcome to egcs. It is much slower, and you're running with a higher
optimization level than you did before, too.

Perry