Re: kbuild 2.5 is ready for inclusion in the 2.5 kernel

Miles Bader
2002-05-20T02:39:28Z

Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> writes:
> Since release 2.0 [1], kbuild 2.5 has been faster as well as more
> accurate than the old build system. A couple of people have complained
> that some restricted operations are slower in kbuild 2.5 [2] but
> overall it is faster

Yeah, but from your descriptions, it appears that the `restricted
operations' where KB 2.5 is slower are perhaps the _most common_ case
when debugging -- where you've change one or two source files and want
to rebuild the kernel to reflect that.

-Miles
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