Hey mtx,
would ungleich providing a beefy(*) VM for kernel builds make your life easier or more productive for Devuan? If so, we might be very open for sponsoring. Best, Nico (*) Not sure if this is still politically correct, otherwise read it as "full of tasty vegetables", please. Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <l...@metux.net> writes: > Hi folks, > > > while trying to build a debian kernel w/ some minor config changes > (actually, just need the gpio keyboard modules), I've stumpled across > several strange problems and finally found out that the patches > haven't been applied on the main tree (in contrast to rt tree) .. this > ate up a lot of time, as the build takes so long (unfortunately, I don't > have the luxory of possessing a 120 core machine ;-)). > > When I look at the build rules, I really wonder why it's all so complex. > > Some things that IMHO contribute to that complexity: > > * several source trees - rt vs none: > --> can't we do this with one tree ? > --> if necessary, fixup the rt patches, so they don't do anything in > non-rt build (eg. proper #ifdef's) ? > * arch specific patches - same story like rt > * auxillary tools > --> can't we build them completely separately ? > (IMHO, shouldn't have an hard dependency on currently running > kernel) > > If it's just a matter of resources, I'd like to join in and do the job. > > > --mtx -- Your Swiss, Open Source and IPv6 Virtual Machine. Now on www.datacenterlight.ch.