On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 08:02:16AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Added linux-kbuild
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 03:58, Lance Tagliapietra <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > I was noticing that kernel compiling is set up to have gcc pipe data from
> > one pass to another, instead of using
> > temporary files. On a memory constrained environment, this may not be the
> > best idea (or at least I'd like to
> > explore that idea). Instead of loading the assember, and having
> > immediately being swapped out while the cc1 pass
> > runs, it may make more sense to have the temp files being written, instead
> > of the swap in and out, when compiling
> > the various objects of the kernel.
> >
> > So, simply pulling out the -pipe from the compiler flag list didn't see to
> > have the desired effect. I'm afraid I'm
> > still missing something. I'm still observing the assembler being loaded.
1) How did you "pulling out the -pipe from the compiler flag list"?
Please show this as a patch.
2) Did you verify that -pipe was used before and no more after your
changes?
Hint - use "make V=1" to see all command line options to gcc
Sam
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