Re: [GIT] kbuild/lto changes for 3.15-rc1

Andi Kleen
2014-04-15T01:52:34Z

> > and it slows down
> > kernel development'.
>
> No, it doesn't slow down development builds; it makes kernel builds
> slower if and only if LTO is turned on, which most kernel developers
> won't need to do. On the other hand, distro and embedded kernels can do
> so for final builds, and developers pushing to minimize the kernel can
> turn it on for their own work as needed.

Yes and the patch even takes special care that you will not enable
it by mistake.

-Andi