Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262409AbUKDUGb (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:06:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262393AbUKDUDE (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:03:04 -0500 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.206]:36421 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262409AbUKDUCX (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:02:23 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=t/vCpB9j1+yhJGIqag/3U2B8+WVXrCD1bGBT0Mq/d7s7YhdqOCkSjZqMeProuynh+TYqV5p6Y8ZIQQLM03zTvXpYfgxO8YT2zP4qcFHwptnO6RNLxXKrdh2T3fapRFr3CKGzhqEpDmHN4kYYzhZw0KDNcJWyzOM6AfftmYvjt4E= Message-ID: Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:02:18 -0500 From: Ioan Ionita Reply-To: Ioan Ionita To: Ian Hastie Subject: Re: support of older compilers Cc: valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu, Adam Heath , Chris Wedgwood , Christoph Hellwig , Timothy Miller , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <200411041936.27100.ianh@iahastie.local.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <41894779.10706@techsource.com> <200411041704.iA4H4sdZ014948@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <200411041936.27100.ianh@iahastie.local.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1562 Lines: 40 Nobody mentioned that fact that newer versions of gcc, albeit slower at compiling, do tend to generate binaries that have faster execution On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 19:36:26 +0000, Ian Hastie wrote: > On Thursday 04 Nov 2004 17:04, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > > > > On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 10:50:38 CST, Adam Heath said: > > > I didn't deny the speed difference of older and newer compilers. > > > > > > But why is this an issue when compiling a kernel? How often do you > > > compile your kernel? > > > > If you're working on older hardware (note the number of people on this > > list still using 500mz Pentium3 and similar), and a kernel developer, the > > difference between 2 hours to build a kernel and 4 hours to build a > > kernel matters quite a bit. > > How often is it necessary to do a full rebuild of the kernel? If the > dependencies in the make system work properly then only the amended parts > should be recompiled. That'd be a much bigger time saving than just using an > older compiler. > > -- > Ian. > > EOM > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/