Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux | Date | Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:16:15 +0200 | From | Oleg Verych <> |
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[] >> > His patch improves the build process. >> >> I would like to know timing, btw. Size, especially shown 1%, doesn't >> matter if link time increased dramatically. `Allyes' config, when i >> had fast and rammish machine was terrible thing (last winter). If 32 >> cores/cpus is will of author, then i'm even more suspicious. > > For non-developers size and speed of the kernel matter much more than > compile time.
I'm talking about benefits for the process (developers, testers) and the result (end users, dogs eating own food :).
> When you go towards embedded systems with limited resources a 1% size > decrease would often be worth it even if it would (hypothetically) > increase the compile time by a factor of 10.
text data bss dec hex filename 5159478 1005139 406784 6571401 644589 linux-2.6.23-rc4.org/vmlinux 5131822 996090 401439 6529351 63a147 linux-2.6.23-rc4.gc/vmlinux
Are this numbers show embedded target? I think no. Also time factor of *10* can be spent more productively reviewing actual code of parts, that are going to be embedded, no?
[] >> > There's nothing that requires treatment. >> >> [Help for] The developers/contributors of those drivers, no? >>... > > They did everything right. > > You should better try to understand the problem first before behaving as > if you knew everything better than everyone else...
OK, thank you very much. Now, describe what problem you are talking about, please. I see non. ____ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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