Something like this: https://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2012/05/28/msg013235.html
In short: making kernel build better by sharing *.o On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 5:07 AM, John Nemeth <jnem...@cue.bc.ca> wrote: > On Nov 9, 1:25am, Masao Uebayashi wrote: > } On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Christos Zoulas <chris...@astron.com> > wrote: > } > depending on ld -r to work properly > } > } I know none of you trust me, but you don't trust ld -r? > > It has nothing to do with trust. It's more like wanting to > know what the heck is going on. Normally major work like this > would start with a discussion or at least an announcement of the > plan. Instead all that happened is suddenly we see a major overhaul > of a critical item with no clue as to why. > > So, what is the plan? Why are you doing this? What are your > goals (i.e. what is the expected end result)? What are you doing > with modules? > > }-- End of excerpt from Masao Uebayashi