Messages in this thread | | | From | Ian Hastie <> | Subject | Re: support of older compilers | Date | Thu, 4 Nov 2004 19:36:26 +0000 |
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On Thursday 04 Nov 2004 17:04, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 10:50:38 CST, Adam Heath said: > > I didn't deny the speed difference of older and newer compilers. > > > > But why is this an issue when compiling a kernel? How often do you > > compile your kernel? > > If you're working on older hardware (note the number of people on this > list still using 500mz Pentium3 and similar), and a kernel developer, the > difference between 2 hours to build a kernel and 4 hours to build a > kernel matters quite a bit.
How often is it necessary to do a full rebuild of the kernel? If the dependencies in the make system work properly then only the amended parts should be recompiled. That'd be a much bigger time saving than just using an older compiler.
-- Ian.
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