From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: eliminate -pipe from kernel compile Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 08:02:16 +0200 Message-ID: <10f740e80905102302gbed0737y61c31900564ca704@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090511015831.GB15777@luminet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090511015831.GB15777@luminet.net> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org To: lancetag@luminet.net, linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org Added linux-kbuild On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 03:58, Lance Tagliapietra wrote: > I was noticing that kernel compiling is set up to have gcc pipe data = from one pass to another, instead of using > temporary files. =C2=A0On a memory constrained environment, this may = not be the best idea (or at least I'd like to > explore that idea). =C2=A0Instead of loading the assember, and having= immediately being swapped out while the cc1 pass > runs, it may make more sense to have the temp files being written, in= stead of the swap in and out, when compiling > the various objects of the kernel. > > So, simply pulling out the -pipe from the compiler flag list didn't s= ee to have the desired effect. =C2=A0I'm afraid I'm > still missing something. =C2=A0I'm still observing the assembler bein= g loaded. > > Thoughts? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-= m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker= =2E But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something li= ke that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild"= in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html