Re: [gentoo-embedded] personal compile-farm ?

[Christopher Friedt <chrisfriedt@gmail.com>]

Hi Karl,

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Karl Hiramoto<karl@hiramoto.org> wrote:
>> For those who have a multi-core compile-farm at home, is there a
>> largely noticeable difference in speed?

Sorry, that should read 'difference in speed for builds'.

> I don't have an atom myself but from looking at the specs, for the same
> amount of money, i'd think you'd be better of with a single machine with
> lots of RAM and 4 to 8 cores with lots of cache for compiling.

Thanks for your reply.

I'm primarily interested in something that uses a smaller form-factor
for power, noise pollution, and space reasons, but 4 to 8 cores
probably doesn't fit in that class.

Most certainly I'll be installing the maximum amount of RAM possible -
i do practically all builds now using tmpfs, since RAM has gotten so
amazingly cheap and fast, so yes, RAM is key.

CCACHE also helps out considerably, but I haven't been using it lately
out of fear that it had some interference issues with ${CROSS}-emerge
.

Cheers,

C