linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Makefile: support compressed debug info

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Message-ID: <CAKwvOdn-zRA88QWc2EtLB4M9+VN_yLpzXXa+AGHW668sF2_z+Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 26 May 2020 08:58:47 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>,
        Nick Clifton <nickc@...hat.com>,
        David Blaikie <blakie@...gle.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Makefile: support compressed debug info

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 12:48 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com> wrote:
>
> *** The opposite is the case. ***
>
> Here, I am on a Samsung SandyBridge CPU/GPU aka 2nd generation
> ultrabook series runing Debian/testing AMD64.
>
> A slightly modified Debian-kernel linux-config takes me approx. 5 (in
> words five) hours of compiling and generating Debian packages.
>
> Plus, testing.
> Plus, testing.
> Plus, testing.
>
> In Linux-next times I run the whole Linux-Test-Project tests plus some
> FIO tests.
>
> Finally, I decide depending from what is new and interesting to me to
> attend a full single Linux-kernel release cycle.
> The last was Linux v5.3 which was the first release to be
> compile/link-able - with no modifications - with LLVM/Clang/LLD v9.0.
> For upcoming Linux v5.7 I have built each single RC Linux-kernel and
> used it in my daily work!
> Since RC1 - for me running on bare metal counts - checking QEMU or
> other VM is nice - but showed me that says sometimes nothing.
>
> Plus, I am building llvm-toolchains (LLVM/Clang/LLD) and testing with
> them (and report if needed).

This is a lot of invaluable work.  It means the world to me Sedat!

>
> "...if we diligently credit our idea reporters, they will, hopefully,
> be inspired to help us again in the future."
>
> These are some motivating words...
>
> My Tested-by is like a certificate - like a "Made in Germany" seal :-).

I love this, it is.  Maybe if folks on this thread are bored, they
could help me with a personal project of mine?
https://github.com/nickdesaulniers/What-Open-Source-Means-To-Me
We could use more German, and Japanese.

>
> Virtual Greeting from North-West Germany,
> - Sedat -

-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers