Re: State of the new config & build system

Larry McVoy
2001-12-28T01:38:02Z

On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 12:35:50PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:15:45 -0800,
> Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com> wrote:
> >[talking about kbuild 2.5 speed]
> >Then it does seem reasonable to ask that the new one is at least as fast
> >as the old one.
>
> kbuild 2.4 is fast but inaccurate, kbuild 2.5 is slower but accurate.
> Pick one.
>
> I am sure that I can speed up kbuild 2.5 with a rewrite of the core
> code but I am staying on stable code to send to Linus.

A couple of questions:

a) will 2.5 be as fast as the current system? Faster?
b) what's the eta on 2.5?
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