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From: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: slow module build--what am I doing wrong?
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:06:06 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ejpdi7zl.fsf@blp.benpfaff.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87ps8xicsd.fsf@blp.benpfaff.org

Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> writes:

> When I modify a source file or two that belong to a particular
> module, and then rebuild just that module with "make
> dir1/dir/module.ko" (e.g.), the build system spends a couple of
> minutes grinding away on "MODPOST" operations.  Am I doing
> something wrong?  Is there a way to avoid this?  It slows down my
> build-and-test cycle quite a bit.

I was privately emailed a suggestion to use "make M=dir1/dir"
instead of "make dir1/dir/module.ko".  It helps a great deal.
-- 
Ben Pfaff 
blp@cs.stanford.edu
http://benpfaff.org


      reply	other threads:[~2007-01-30  2:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-30  0:22 slow module build--what am I doing wrong? Ben Pfaff
2007-01-30  2:06 ` Ben Pfaff [this message]

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