Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Compiling Linux

[cyberdork33 <cyb...@gm...>]

Yea, you should easily be able to customize and compile the kernel  
without genkernel. That would go over much faster.

On Aug 28, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Justin P. Mattock wrote:

> Yeah; That's true, depending on the processor
> Could take 5min or two hours. Not
> Sure about apple tv's processor, but try and slim down
> The kernel to cut compiling time, and check
> The compiler, to make sure it's not
> Stuck in a spin or something.
> Regards;
>
> justin P. Mattock
>
>
>
> On Aug 28, 2008, at 3:13 PM, cyberdork33 <cyb...@gm...>  
> wrote:
>
>> A genkernel kernel that I just did recently (kernel-genkernel- 
>> x86-2.6.25-gentoo-r7) is 3.2MB and the initramfs that goes along  
>> with it is 16MB.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Jelle De Loecker <sk...@ki... 
>> > wrote:
>> Aww ..
>>
>> Not even on the atv? How much space does it consume, anyway?  
>> Because this genkernel has used like 1 megabyte the past few hours.
>>
>>
>> Met vriendelijke groeten,
>>
>> Jelle De Loecker
>> Kipdola Studios - Tomberg
>>
>>
>> cyberdork33 schreef:
>>> I have never had a genkernel take nearly that long.
>>>
>>> Jelle De Loecker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, I didn't read it ran up to 14 hours, but that compiling a  
>>>> kernel
>>>> with all the modules and such took someone 14 hours.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, it's not really just a compile I'm doing, it's a genkernel
>>>> (stage 3) and I did read that could take a long time. I just hate  
>>>> it
>>>> that the wiki said nothing about this or that I'm getting no  
>>>> feedback
>>>> whatsoever.
>>>>
>>>> /Met vriendelijke groeten,/
>>>>
>>>> *Jelle De Loecker*
>>>> Kipdola Studios - Tomberg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sven Anders schreef:
>>>>
>>>>> Jelle De Loecker schrieb:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm currently compiling the linux kernel on my AppleTV (I'm  
>>>>>> following
>>>>>> the Gentoo tutorial on MythTV's wiki) and I was just wondering  
>>>>>> how long
>>>>>> it would take.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've read about long compiles, about 14 hours, on regular  
>>>>>> machines. I
>>>>>> know there's only 1 ghz in this machine but since it's a silent  
>>>>>> compile
>>>>>> and the only feedback I'm getting is from ps -x I got too  
>>>>>> curious.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Where did you read 'up to 14 hours'?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's been at it for 20 hours now. The script is still displaying
>>>>>> "building dependencies".
>>>>>> There seems to be a lot of activity according to ps -x, yet the  
>>>>>> disk
>>>>>> space usage stays the same.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I got a bit worried. And yes, it's my first kernel-compile :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> The compile time depends on the processor and the selected  
>>>>> features,
>>>>> but on an 1GHz processor it should take longer than 2 hours
>>>>>
>>>>> Some more info about build the linux kernel here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>  Sven
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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