Subj : nothing ;)
To   : Sergey Semernin
From : Nick Boel
Date : Sun Oct 25 2026 02:24 pm

Hey Sergey!

On Sun, Oct 25 2026 19:50:38 +0100, you wrote:

 NB>> With Gentoo itself, "MAKEOPTS=-j1" should help with that, with a minimum
 NB>> 2gb swap.

 SS> I did not use Gentoo long time, but I remember if job number is not set,
 SS> then the build system will use number of logical processors. So, on small
 SS> VPS with one core, it will be "-j1" anyway.

I also have not used Gentoo in a very long time. Thanks for the information!

I recently ran into kind of the same issue on one of my VMs with 2 cores and 
4gb ram, using "cmake" with no options and it failed. I ended up fixing the 
issue with the "-j2" option. I had thought "cmake" would use the number of 
logical processors as well, but for some reason it didn't.

 SS> I'm not sure 2GB of swap will be enough on a 64-bit system. Probably 4GB
 SS> and more.

You are definitely right. I originally had "minimum 2-4gb", but saw such a 
small amount of allocated ram so I changed it, hoping he wasn't trying to 
install firefox or chromium or something ridiculous like that.

 SS> Sad, but true. That is modern life. Looking forward and scary about what
 SS> will happen with all these vibe-coded-neurogenerated fancy Rust code in
 SS> Kernel...

We've already witnessed the dumbing down of the population with social media, 
keeping people glued to their phone for hours on end. It's only going to get 
worse, I fear.

 SS> I used to write drivers for Linux Kernel since 2002, and saw all its path
 SS> from clean structure to enterprise-grade-overengineered piece of art.

I'm willing to bet you replaced whatever you were originally thinking with 
"art". ;)

Regards,
Nick

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