Dne Po 3. srpna 2009 09:59:25 Adrian Schröter napsal(a):
Am Montag, 3. August 2009 09:53:14 schrieb Michal Vyskocil: [snip]
What about use tmpfs for /usr/src/packages/BUILD (at least for small packages)? It will not need a huge amount of RAM as whole build root in a ram disk. The build root creation should be speeded up using similar technique as Yast uses - installation from images.
Where is the advantage ?
We use the hdd, but if there is enough memory, the kernel will not write out anything. Or at a point of time which is best for it.
That was just an idea. I use tmpfs for my local builds and have a good experience with it, but I can imagine that this is not doable in a build farm.
We played with images based setup, but given the speed of current CPUs, the only platform where this helped was s390. Okay, the ARM builds would be a good candidate maybe too.
Good to know. Best regards Michal Vyskocil