Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765004AbXJOQlT (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:41:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758296AbXJOQlG (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:41:06 -0400 Received: from smtp20.orange.fr ([80.12.242.26]:9138 "EHLO smtp20.orange.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758256AbXJOQlD (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:41:03 -0400 X-ME-UUID: 20071015164102595.9144D1C0009E@mwinf2006.orange.fr Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:36:55 +0200 From: Philippe Elie To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Rik van Riel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: WANTED: kernel projects for CS students Message-ID: <20071015163655.GB2884@zaniah> References: <20071014190128.6e3cdb44@bree.surriel.com> <20071015142352.GA21259@uranus.ravnborg.org> <20071015163154.GA2884@zaniah> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071015163154.GA2884@zaniah> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1444 Lines: 42 On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 at 18:31 +0000, Philippe Elie wrote: > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 at 16:23 +0000, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > Hi Rik. > > > > On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 07:01:28PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > The kernel newbies community often gets inquiries from CS students who > > > need a project for their studies and would like to do something with > > > the Linux kernel, but would also like their code to be useful to the > > > community afterwards. > > > > > ... > > > Increase speed for a build with no updates > > ========================================== > > On a resonably fast machine with a decent config it takes > > roughly 10 seconds to do a make where nothing is updated. > > Generating one single Makefile is assumed to speed up things > > and will in addition allow a simpler syntax as what is used today > > for some of the uglier constructs. > > > > Contact: Sam Ravnborg > > Difficulty: 5 > > Language: Perl or C > > Isn't make -j 2 or more implemented by running multiple make in sub-dirs ? > Parallel make is more and more used even on cheap hardware. Errm, I misread what you said, it can be a single Makefile in each sub-dirs > > -- > Phe > - 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/