Hi, I just discovered why I was getting some crazy results during my various kernel tests. It seems that LEDE doesn't rebuild images as expected with make -j N.
I think that some/all images may be generated before Image/Prepare step. // I did initial build with CONFIG_KERNEL_KALLSYMS=y $ ls -l build_dir/target-*/linux-*/vmlinux.lzma -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 1229437 Oct 25 10:10 build_dir/target-mipsel_mips32_musl-1.1.15/linux-brcm47xx_legacy/vmlinux.lzma $ ls -l bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/*standard*trx bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/*wrt300n*trx -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 3608576 Oct 25 10:11 bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/lede-brcm47xx-legacy-linksys-wrt300n-v1-squashfs.trx -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 4132864 Oct 25 10:11 bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/lede-brcm47xx-legacy-standard-noloader-gz-squashfs.trx -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 3608576 Oct 25 10:11 bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/lede-brcm47xx-legacy-standard-squashfs.trx // I disabled CONFIG_KERNEL_KALLSYMS and decided to rebuild $ make -j 4 make[1] world make[2] package/cleanup make[2] target/compile make[3] -C target/linux compile make[2] package/compile make[3] -C package/kernel/gpio-button-hotplug compile make[3] -C package/libs/toolchain compile make[3] -C package/system/usign host-compile make[3] -C package/libs/libjson-c compile make[3] -C package/libs/libnl-tiny compile make[3] -C package/utils/lua compile make[3] -C package/libs/lzo compile make[3] -C package/libs/zlib compile make[3] -C package/utils/util-linux compile make[3] -C package/system/lede-keyring compile make[3] -C package/firmware/b43legacy-firmware compile make[3] -C package/firmware/linux-firmware compile make[3] -C package/firmware/prism54-firmware compile make[3] -C package/network/utils/iw compile make[3] -C package/libs/mbedtls compile make[3] -C package/libs/polarssl compile make[3] -C package/network/ipv6/odhcp6c compile make[3] -C package/network/services/dnsmasq compile make[3] -C package/network/services/dropbear compile make[3] -C package/libs/libpcap compile make[3] -C package/network/utils/linux-atm compile make[3] -C package/network/utils/resolveip compile make[3] -C package/utils/busybox compile make[3] -C package/utils/nvram compile make[3] -C package/utils/otrx compile make[3] -C package/libs/libubox compile make[3] -C package/utils/mtd-utils compile make[3] -C package/kernel/linux compile make[3] -C package/system/ubus compile make[3] -C package/system/uci compile make[3] -C package/utils/jsonfilter compile make[3] -C package/system/usign compile make[3] -C package/libs/ustream-ssl compile make[3] -C package/network/config/swconfig compile make[3] -C package/network/services/odhcpd compile make[3] -C package/network/utils/iwinfo compile make[3] -C package/system/mtd compile make[3] -C package/network/config/netifd compile make[3] -C package/system/ubox compile make[3] -C package/network/services/hostapd compile make[3] -C package/libs/uclient compile make[3] -C package/system/fstools compile make[3] -C package/system/procd compile make[3] -C package/system/opkg compile make[3] -C package/base-files compile make[3] -C package/kernel/mac80211 compile make[3] -C package/network/utils/iptables compile make[3] -C package/network/services/ppp compile make[3] -C package/network/config/firewall compile make[2] package/install make[3] -C package/system/opkg host-install make[3] package/preconfig make[2] target/install make[3] -C target/linux install make[6] -C target/linux/brcm47xx/image/lzma-loader clean install make[2] package/index make[2] checksum // vmlinux.lzma is now smaller as expected, but TRX images remained big! $ ls -l build_dir/target-*/linux-*/vmlinux.lzma -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 1140021 Oct 25 10:17 build_dir/target-mipsel_mips32_musl-1.1.15/linux-brcm47xx_legacy/vmlinux.lzma $ ls -l bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/*standard*trx bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/*wrt300n*trx -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 3608576 Oct 25 10:17 bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/lede-brcm47xx-legacy-linksys-wrt300n-v1-squashfs.trx -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 4132864 Oct 25 10:17 bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/lede-brcm47xx-legacy-standard-noloader-gz-squashfs.trx -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 3608576 Oct 25 10:17 bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/lede-brcm47xx-legacy-standard-squashfs.trx // Another try $ make -j 4 make[1] world make[2] package/cleanup make[2] target/compile make[3] -C target/linux compile make[2] package/compile make[3] -C package/system/usign host-compile make[3] -C package/kernel/gpio-button-hotplug compile make[3] -C package/libs/toolchain compile make[3] -C package/utils/lua compile make[3] -C package/libs/lzo compile make[3] -C package/libs/libnl-tiny compile make[3] -C package/libs/libjson-c compile make[3] -C package/libs/zlib compile make[3] -C package/utils/util-linux compile make[3] -C package/system/lede-keyring compile make[3] -C package/firmware/b43legacy-firmware compile make[3] -C package/firmware/linux-firmware compile make[3] -C package/firmware/prism54-firmware compile make[3] -C package/network/utils/iw compile make[3] -C package/libs/mbedtls compile make[3] -C package/libs/polarssl compile make[3] -C package/network/ipv6/odhcp6c compile make[3] -C package/network/services/dnsmasq compile make[3] -C package/network/services/dropbear compile make[3] -C package/libs/libpcap compile make[3] -C package/network/utils/linux-atm compile make[3] -C package/network/utils/resolveip compile make[3] -C package/utils/busybox compile make[3] -C package/utils/nvram compile make[3] -C package/utils/otrx compile make[3] -C package/libs/libubox compile make[3] -C package/utils/mtd-utils compile make[3] -C package/kernel/linux compile make[3] -C package/system/uci compile make[3] -C package/system/ubus compile make[3] -C package/utils/jsonfilter compile make[3] -C package/system/usign compile make[3] -C package/libs/ustream-ssl compile make[3] -C package/network/config/swconfig compile make[3] -C package/network/services/odhcpd compile make[3] -C package/network/utils/iwinfo compile make[3] -C package/system/mtd compile make[3] -C package/network/config/netifd compile make[3] -C package/system/ubox compile make[3] -C package/network/services/hostapd compile make[3] -C package/libs/uclient compile make[3] -C package/system/fstools compile make[3] -C package/system/procd compile make[3] -C package/system/opkg compile make[3] -C package/base-files compile make[3] -C package/kernel/mac80211 compile make[3] -C package/network/services/ppp compile make[3] -C package/network/utils/iptables compile make[3] -C package/network/config/firewall compile make[2] package/install make[3] -C package/system/opkg host-install make[3] package/preconfig make[2] target/install make[3] -C target/linux install make[6] -C target/linux/brcm47xx/image/lzma-loader clean install make[2] package/index make[2] checksum // Now TRX files got smaller as expected $ ls -l build_dir/target-*/linux-*/vmlinux.lzma -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 1140021 Oct 25 10:18 build_dir/target-mipsel_mips32_musl-1.1.15/linux-brcm47xx_legacy/vmlinux.lzma $ ls -l bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/*standard*trx bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/*wrt300n*trx -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 3543040 Oct 25 10:18 bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/lede-brcm47xx-legacy-linksys-wrt300n-v1-squashfs.trx -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 4001792 Oct 25 10:18 bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/lede-brcm47xx-legacy-standard-noloader-gz-squashfs.trx -rw-r--r-- 1 zajec users 3543040 Oct 25 10:18 bin/targets/brcm47xx/legacy/lede-brcm47xx-legacy-standard-squashfs.trx _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
