distcc support?

[LIII-XXII]

Hello,

First of all, thank you Sakaki for your tutorials.

does buildkernel support distcc?
I've been trying to run pump buildkernel but to no avail after noticing this page:

https://github.com/sakaki-/gentoo-on-b3/wiki/Set-Up-Your-B3-as-a-distcc-Client

Now you have everything set up, using distributed cross-compilation from your B3 is really easy. In fact, the (installed) scripts genup and buildkernel-b3 will automatically make use of it 

or is that feature only available for buildkernel-b3?

[sakaki-]

Hi @LIII-XXII,

on which platform are you trying to run buildkernel? A PC? If so, then currently it does not support distcc there, as most PCs can create a kernel fairly quickly without this (relatively underpowered systems like the Excito B3 on the other hand need all the help they can get!). It wouldn't be a difficult feature to add in however; maybe I'll look at that for a future release.

If building on the RPi3, there is currently no buildkernel equivalent, but instructions for building a kernel on that platform using distcc are included here ff.

I have more details on using buildkernel on the PC, in my EFI install guide here.

(Apologies if you have any seen these already.)

[LIII-XXII]

thanks, I'm running it on a PC. The build times are bearable, it's just that I am playing around with distcc right now and I wanted to use it for buildkernel (as it seems to work fine with portage already)

[sakaki-]

OK, not hard to add, I'll do this for the next release, and will leave this issue open until then.
Thanks for reporting!
Best, sakaki