Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 May 2002 18:09:20 -0400 (EDT) | From | Nicolas Pitre <> | Subject | Re: kbuild 2.5 is ready for inclusion in the 2.5 kernel - take 3 |
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On Fri, 17 May 2002 Wayne.Brown@altec.com wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here. Yes, the build system is > mostly the same across all these versions -- that's my point. I want it to STAY > the same as long as possible. What's the relationship between kbuild and the > size of the kernel source? Are you saying a new build system would make the > kernel smaller? Or do you mean that it would be faster, or would require > recompiling smaller portions of the kernel after patching? That wouldn't help > me, because I'll never trust *any* build system -- even good ol' "make" itself > -- to make the right determination of what to recompile after applying one of > Linus's or Alan's patch sets. I *always* "make mrproper" and recompile > *everything* after patching.
But even if you recompile *everything* _everytime_, kbuild 2.5 is "faster".
What do you have against that?
Nicolas
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