Hi Wolfgang, On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > U-Boot Makefiles contain a number of tests for compiler features etc. > which so far are executed again and again. On some architectures > (especially ARM) this results in a large number of calls to gcc. > > This patch makes sure to run such tests only once, thus largely > reducing the number of "execve" system calls. >
maybe you want to try this experimental patch. http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/123313/ It significantly reduces the count of gcc calls by caching the results. This also improves compilation times. Best regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
