[U-Boot] [PATCH v8 0/38] Switch over to real Kbuild

Tom Rini trini at ti.com
Thu Feb 6 22:10:12 CET 2014


On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 12:46:30PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:

> Hello Simon and Tom,
> 
> 
> This is my analysis of Kbuild performance.
[snip]
> Conclusion:
> The main reasons of the slow down with Kbuild are "fixdep" and "arg-check".
> Both of them are really important features for Kbuild and Kconfig.
>     - "fixdep" is mandatory for our better life with Kconfig.
>     - "arg-check" is for perfect dependency tracking.
> 
> 
> 
> > > What's your plan about this series?
> > > Are we ready to switch to Kbuild, or need more review?
> > 
> > Lets get the performance problem Simon found figured out, but then
> > otherwise, yes, I think we're about ready to merge.
> 
> Tom, are you satisfied with my analisys?

I am, yes.  I guess if we're unhappy with the times, if we can improve
them we can push that back to the kernel and that's a good thing.

-- 
Tom
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