Speeding up Linux Kernel Compilation Print
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Sunday, 11 September 2005 07:58

Sometimes compiling the linux kernel can be slow going, unless of course you have some massively powerful server.  In many cases you have tons of memory but it isn't all being used during the compilation.  Well here is a tip for you then.  You can force the compilation to use more of your memory and speed things along by compiling more than one kernel module at a time.  Here's how:

Figure out what N is:   N = [RAM in Megabytes / 8] + 1

Then replace the linux MAKE=make in your /usr/src/linux/Makefile with:

MAKE=make -j N (where N is the calculated number)

Thanks to JonJon for submitting the link for this.  You can find the official instructions here.

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