[ale] Use cloud guest to compile kernel

[leam hall]

You can get a 1 year free AWS option too, as long as you stay small it
won't cost.

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
wrote:

> Is this a bad idea?
>
> I need to compile a 4.7.2 kernel for i586.  The kernel config is copied
> from debian jessie with CONFIG_M586TSC=y.
>
> I don't have 2 days to wait.
>
> 1.  Spin up a CentOS 6.X 32 bit guest at Digital Ocean with 8 cores and
> 16GB of ram.  This is $0.25/ht
> 2. Transfer linux-4.7.2.tar.xz and the config to it.
> 3.  Unpack, copy the config to .config, make, create package, and transfer
> back to the i586 hardware.
> 4.  Delete the guest. I only pay for the usage.
>
> I'm doing this on a Digital Ocean guest of lowest power.  Only 0.007/hr.
> It is still taking a long time.
> I need to build the same kernel, but for i586, i686, and x86_64.  I have
> the configs ready to go.  I'm also perfecting my packaging too so I may
> have to build a few times.
>
> I making assumptions based on my assumption that I can use 8 cores at 100%
> each for a couple hours.  With Azure I can pay for a quarter core for
> testing under Winders.
>
>
>
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