linux-kernel - Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl.

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Message-ID: <20090114025115.GB22154@shareable.org>
Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:51:16 +0000
From:	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>
To:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	"Mark A. Miller" <mark@...ell.org>,
	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at>,
	Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Embedded Linux mailing list <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl.

Paul Mundt wrote:
> This happens in a lot of places, like embedded gentoo ports, where almost
> all of the work is sent across distcc to a cross-compilation machine. In
> systems that use package management, it is done on the host through
> emulation, or painfully cross-compiled.

Ah yes, I remember using embedded Gentoo.

95% of the time in ./configure scripts, 5% in compilations.

And this is on x86!  I dread to think how slow it gets on something
slow.

-- Jamie
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