Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Compiling Linux

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On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Jelle De Loecker <sk...@ki...> wrote:
> I never knew it was possible (to create a loop while compiling) but yes,
> that seems to be the case, as stated on this blog:
>
> http://www.zoomthingie.com/wordpress/?p=13
>
> Apparantly the date on the atv is wrong and the date of the sourcefiles is
> in the future so the compiler doesn't know what to do with them.
>
> I just did "date 082906272008" to set the correct date and it worked! My
> current genkernel is actually producing some feedback
> (because I'm running this command, with logging: genkernel --loglevel=5
> --logfile=genkernel.out --kernel-config=/usr/src/config-2.6.24.3 all )
>
> I wonder if the author would change the wiki to update this, as I'm (at
> least) the second user to fall in this trap.
>
> Thanks for your help, everyone.
>
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
>
> Jelle De Loecker
> Kipdola Studios - Tomberg
>
>
> cyberdork33 schreef:
>
> 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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Alright, Cool glad it worked for you.
yeah sometimes there's those mutex lock's
or other locks that forget to unlock themselves,
but in you're case it seems to be a time issue.
As for the author you should try and contact him/or her
and let them know or file a bugreport.

regards;

-- 
Justin P. Mattock