On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Andi Kleen <a...@firstfloor.org> wrote: >> Rather, we should seriously understand what caused the compilation time >> jump in 4.2, and whether those are still a problem. We made a good job >> in 4.0 and 4.3 offsetting the slowdowns from infrastructure changes with >> speedups from other changes; and 4.4 while slower than 4.3 at least >> stays below 4.2. But, 4.2 was a disaster for compilation time. > > Yes that would be useful, although I admit for me personally > make -j and icecream do a pretty good job at hiding that pain.
Yes, well... Given the continuous complaints/bashes from some of your fellow kernel hackers and many others, it still is still important to address the compilation time issues. There still is enough low-hanging fruit. Ciao! Steven
