Re: Linux 2.6.0-test5 (compile stats)

John Cherry
2003-09-16T23:44:50Z

Jeff,

I added allyesconfig to the stats. Check out...

http://developer.osdl.org/cherry/compile/

John

On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 08:51, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 08:06:09AM -0700, John Cherry wrote:
> > On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 20:44, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > > John Cherry wrote:
> > > > Compile statistics: 2.6.0-test5
> > > > Compiler: gcc 3.2.2
> > > > Script: http://developer.osdl.org/~cherry/compile/compregress.sh
> > > >
> > > > Note: the numbers look drastically better, but this is skewed
> > > > by the fact that CONFIG_CLEAN_COMPILE is now the default
> > > > for defconfig and allmodconfig.
> > > >
> > > > bzImage bzImage modules
> > > > (defconfig) (allmodconfig) (allmodconfig)
> > >
> > >
> > > Any chance you can add "bzImage (allyesconfig)"?
> >
> > I did allyesconfig for awhile and found it to be a subset of
> > allmodconfig (for the most part). However, it would be an interesting
> > data point, so I think I'll add it back in.
>
> Thanks.
>
> The "for the most part" is key -- allyesconfig often shows problems that
> allmodconfig does not, precisely because (a) most people build drives as
> modules and (b) it shows missing symbols and similar problems obviously
> and immediately, since the final link will fail unless everything is
> 100% ok. (well, I think the link may fail for size reasons, I don't
> recall exactly...)
>
> Jeff
>
>