Linux Kernel Network Subsystem Patching

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 11:16:30PM -0500, Aruna Hewapathirane wrote:
> Hi Everybodeee,
> 
> I just spent over four hours waiting for a kernel to compile and from this
> thread am starting to understand my P4 and 2GB of RAM may not be the best
> hardware to build kernels on.
> 
> So this is a urgent cry for help, can anyone please recommend a
> motherboard+CPU combo that is under $100 that will speed things up ?
> Maximum available budget is $125.00. If anyone has a old motherboard+CPU
> they no longer require and I can use that has more processing power than
> mine please let me know. Can pick up.

Hmm, that is a rather low budget for anything decent x86 wise.

Maybe something like Asus H81M-E for $65 and a Pentium G3220 for $68 or
a G3420 for $75.  Those are 3.0 and 3.2GHZ and dual core.  That's really
all you could get for that kind of budget.  So minimum seems to be
$133+tax.  $125 is not possible.  Oh and you still need to buy ram.
Also your powersupply might not have the right 12V connector for a new
motherboard, and perhaps your harddisks are not SATA (nothing comes with
IDE anymore).  Upgrading can be tricky, and often not worth it.

> Question: For reasons unknown am unable to get ccache to kick in. ccache is
> installed oh-kay, Checks out oh-kay but does not kick in when I use make ?
> Any and all advice or guidance is very welcome. What else can one do to cut
> down the time it takes for compilation ? And am still waiting for this to
> compile ( aaargh ! )

Hmm, I have never really looked at ccache.  I believe it wants the
checksum of the file and possibly the filename and compiler arguments
to all be exactly the same for it to use the cache.  Assuming it is even
trying to use the cache.

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