On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:18:03AM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote: > OK, this confused me: > > Function reordering (REORDER) [N/y/?] (NEW) ? > > This option enables the toolchain to reorder functions for a more > optimal TLB usage. If you have pretty much any version of binutils, > this can increase your kernel build time by roughly one minute. > > "If you have pretty much any version of binutils"? Huh? > > You mean "This will slow your kernel build by about a minute"?
Yes. Lots of sections seem to trigger some quadratic behaviour in ld. It might be fixed in some unreleased CVS version though (not 100% sure) -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
