From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Mark Galeck <mark_galeck@pacbell.net>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: is it desirable to improve the build system?
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:38:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130711113822.GA18579@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1372723921.53875.YahooMailNeo@web182202.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Hi!
>
> Does the Linux-Kernel Community perceive that is the case?
>
> If so, do you think it is possible to improve?
>
> If so, would such an attempt be welcome, including and especially by, the current maintainer(s) of the build? Of course it would have to be completely backwards-compatible, including to the text output interface and requirements for modules makefiles.
>
Yes, speeding up build would be nice. Especially nice would be
speeding up "empty" build, when only one or two files changed...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-11 11:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-02 0:12 Mark Galeck
2013-07-02 4:45 ` Greg KH
2013-07-02 8:46 ` Mark Galeck
2013-07-02 14:51 ` Greg KH
2013-07-11 11:38 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2013-07-11 20:40 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-07-11 21:22 ` Mark Galeck
2013-07-12 8:32 ` Richard Cochran
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