On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Brian Chase wrote:

> Now that I can make use of both of its processors, I've added a '-j 3'
> to my build command line.  The result is that I'm finding that a kernel
> cross-compile now takes only 10 mins.  That same compile takes close to
> 12hrs running natively on my VS4000/VLC.  It's no big surprise, such is
> the nature of our beloved VAX.

Yup. We're talking old computers here. Build NetBSD on a contemporary
80386-box instead. (If they even existed). :-)

> What I'm wondering though is, how long does this sort of compile take
> to run on a more contemporary system?  Only a few seconds?  (That's a
> rhetorical question.)

No idea. But on my single processor P-II @ 400 MHz, it also takes 10
minutes to build GENERIC from scratch.

	Johnny

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