On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 11:16:15PM +0200, Oleg Verych wrote: > * Thu, 6 Sep 2007 22:39:31 +0200 > > [] > >> > His patch improves the build process. > >> > >> I would like to know timing, btw. Size, especially shown 1%, doesn't > >> matter if link time increased dramatically. `Allyes' config, when i > >> had fast and rammish machine was terrible thing (last winter). If 32 > >> cores/cpus is will of author, then i'm even more suspicious. > > > > For non-developers size and speed of the kernel matter much more than > > compile time. > > I'm talking about benefits for the process (developers, testers) and > the result (end users, dogs eating own food :).
Your claim was that link time was more important than code size, and that claim is in many cases wrong. > > When you go towards embedded systems with limited resources a 1% size > > decrease would often be worth it even if it would (hypothetically) > > increase the compile time by a factor of 10. > > text data bss dec hex filename > 5159478 1005139 406784 6571401 644589 linux-2.6.23-rc4.org/vmlinux > 5131822 996090 401439 6529351 63a147 linux-2.6.23-rc4.gc/vmlinux > > Are this numbers show embedded target? I think no. Also time factor of > *10* can be spent more productively reviewing actual code of parts, that > are going to be embedded, no? First of all, please lookup the word "hypothetically" in a dictionary. And code review and Denys' patch have cumulative effects since his patch results in improvements that can't be resonably done other than at the ld and/or gcc level. > [] > >> > There's nothing that requires treatment. > >> > >> [Help for] The developers/contributors of those drivers, no? > >>... > > > > They did everything right. > > > > You should better try to understand the problem first before behaving as > > if you knew everything better than everyone else... > > OK, thank you very much. Now, describe what problem you are talking > about, please. I see non. If you don't understand what the patches in this thread are about then you shouldn't have started commenting on this thread... cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/