Subj : Re: and that song ain't so very far from wrong
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nick Boel
Date : Mon Aug 11 2025 19:41:20

Hey Maurice!

On Mon, Aug 11 2025 17:49:17 -0500, you wrote:

>> Took me about 60 seconds including the reboot
 
> There is no way that is possible.  I am guessing that even a 96
> penguin threadripper would take at least minutes to compile a beefy
> kernel, with modules from hell, as well as gzip them, and then
> archive/compress the entire thing into one tidy package using xz,
> which I believe is still a single threaded app.  Sorry but I have to
> call bullshit on this one.

Who said anything about compiling? ;)

"Linux version 6.15.9-arch1-1 (linux@archlinux)" is precompiled before it gets to me, and I install it with 'pacman', the Archlinux package manager.

It literally takes about 30 seconds to download and install a new kernel. Then another 30 seconds or so to reboot the VM so the new kernel is used. Definitely beats watching a single package compile for 4+ hours. Plus, I don't need every bit of boot-up time and processing power or even special modules or anything like that, that tinkering with a custom kernel would possibly get me these days.

Regards,
Nick

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