Re: kbuild 2.5 is ready for inclusion in the 2.5 kernel - take 3

Nicolas Pitre
2002-05-17T22:09:24Z

On Fri, 17 May 2002 Wayne.Brown@altec.com wrote:

> I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here. Yes, the build system is
> mostly the same across all these versions -- that's my point. I want it to STAY
> the same as long as possible. What's the relationship between kbuild and the
> size of the kernel source? Are you saying a new build system would make the
> kernel smaller? Or do you mean that it would be faster, or would require
> recompiling smaller portions of the kernel after patching? That wouldn't help
> me, because I'll never trust *any* build system -- even good ol' "make" itself
> -- to make the right determination of what to recompile after applying one of
> Linus's or Alan's patch sets. I *always* "make mrproper" and recompile
> *everything* after patching.

But even if you recompile *everything* _everytime_, kbuild 2.5 is "faster".

What do you have against that?

Nicolas