Re: kernel compile time

[kanoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kanoj Sarcar)]

> 
> > 13:28 seconds for a 1 way make is just not an acceptable number.
> 
> But if that time is dominated by user time (vs. kernel time), doesn't
> that suggest that the slow compiles are due to a combination of (1) a
> compiler comprised of inefficiently emitted code, and/or (2) inefficient
> libraries, and/or (3) cache thrashing?
> 
> John H.
> 

True. And the other culprit is probably all the locore code (like
fast tlb handlers, inital syscall/intr/pagefault code) that executes
before the timers are switched from user to kernel/system.

Kanoj