[ARMedslack] Setting up distcc for cross compiling

[Christophe Lyon]

> Did you use distcc there, too? What about moving all jobs to the other hosts?
> I know there are still tasks left for the build host (linking?), but no idea
> how much RAM they need.
> But I've already thought that RAM will be a problem. Perhaps there may be some
> tricks that can help, e.g.
> http://hostingfu.com/article/compiling-with-gcc-on-low-memory-vps

Why wouldn't you completely cross-build? I mean you don't have to link
on your ARM box given that you have already installed cross-toolchains
on your x86 hosts.


> Yes, I wanted to buy a SheevaPlug, but my prefered model seemed to be out of
> stock at the moment. Furthermore the Dockstar was so pretty cheap (20 €),
> that I just wanted to give it a try. And it looks fine in my living room with
> the 2.5" disk attached ;-) hdparm gives me a speed of 26 MB/s which is quite
> OK for an USB drive.
Too bad shipping costs are so high between Germany & France :-(

Christophe.