linux-kernel - Re: [REGRESSION] Recent change to kernel spikes out ccache/distcc

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Date:	Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:35:09 +0000
From:	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
To:	"Sam Ravnborg" <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	<ccache@...ts.samba.org>, "Theodore Tso" <tytso@....edu>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] Recent change to kernel spikes out
	 ccache/distcc

>>> Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> 07.01.09 12:31 >>>
>What is the gain/pain ratio here?

Certainly depends on the pov - it reduces the kernel module (disk) image
sizes quite a bit, so from a distro perspective its a move against the ever
growing package sizes (and the disk space) hundreds or even thousands
of modules require.

>Would it be a possibility to drop stripping off the
>crc symbols and go back to the ld method that
>is more ccache friendly?

That's certainly a possibility, but I have to admit that I'd like to keep the
option - a respective config option could default to 'no' if the build issues
are considered more significant. I'm really not that much worried about
adding another config parameter here...

>We would still benefir from all the other stripping done - no?

Yes.

Jan

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