Re: 2.5.61 (Yes, there are still Alpha users out there. :-) )

From: Andy Isaacson (adi@hexapodia.org)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2003 - 17:10:33 EST


On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 12:36:24PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> This reminds me that I wanted to have a look at an additional feature -
> building the kernel _not_ within its source tree. So I wouldn't need to
> place 10 copies of the kernel onto disk / into memory...
>
> Haven't I seen patches flyin' around? Anyone?

You can save your buffercache memory by doing a
"cp -al linux-2.5.61 linux-2.5.61-buildfoo", for each value of buildfoo,
and do your builds in a cloned tree. Hard links save the day!

-andy
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