Dear Daniel Schwierzeck, In message <cacuy__ujmnrykmwimb9pqr0_ds6cgiyo-msovy4esh2zt6z...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > 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. =C2=A0On 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.
Do you suggest this in addition or instead of the patch I posted? Can you provide some measurements of build times and/or execve system calls? Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de I can type faster than I can move a mouse, so I find menu-driven drawing packages time consuming and frustrating. - W. R. Stevens _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
