linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/8] scripts/make

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Message-ID: <CAGXv+5Fm_jx=shhtfWAjrD_iaRtWQGa9bGdRR_ajXHLrWJg4QA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 18:28:42 +0800
From: Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@...omium.org>
To: Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
	Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>, 
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Tom Rini <trini@...sulko.com>, 
	Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>, J . Neuschäfer <j.ne@...teo.net>, 
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/8] scripts/make_fit: Speed up operation

On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> The kernel is likely at least 16MB so we may as well use that as a step
> size when reallocating space for the FIT in memory. Pack the FIT at the
> end, so there is no wasted space.
>
> This reduces the time to pack by an order of magnitude, or so.

In my case the time spent compressing the blobs seems to be much
larger than the packing portion, so I couldn't really tell if
this made a difference or not.

Despite that,

> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>

Tested-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@...omium.org>