Re: Speeding up Linux kernel compiles using -pipe?

Sam Ravnborg (sam@ravnborg.org)
Wed, 25 Jun 2003 06:55:04 +0200

On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 12:22:13AM -0400, Shawn Starr wrote:
> Why aren't we using -pipe? It can significantly speed up compiles by not
> writing temp files (intermediate files).

Most architectures already uses -pipe - see arch/*/Makefile:

[sam@mars v2.5]$ ls arch/*/Makefile | xargs grep -l -- -pipe | wc -l
17
[sam@mars v2.5]$ ls arch/*/Makefile | wc -l
21

Sam
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