necessary to build for all platforms?
Hi devs, Watching the files being compiled slowly scrolling by, as I too often do, led me to this question: Is there a reason that my machine (an x86-based Mac) is building modules in the SPARC or PPC directory? These absolutely need to be compiled when validating on any machine, but if I'm on the devel2 build settings, I don't see the need. Am I right that these aren't needed for debugging? If I am, is it reasonable to try to teach the build scripts how to avoid doing this? Thanks! Richard
Richard Eisenberg wrote:
Watching the files being compiled slowly scrolling by, as I too often do, led me to this question: Is there a reason that my machine (an x86-based Mac) is building modules in the SPARC or PPC directory?
They do need to be built at some point.
These absolutely need to be compiled when validating on any machine,
If they aren't build during devel2 but are build during validation then that would be sufficient.
If I am, is it reasonable to try to teach the build scripts how to avoid doing this?
As someone who cares about PowerPC and some other arches, I agree that this is a reasonable request on the face of it. I am a little concerned about the difficulty of teaching the build system to do it and I'm not sure how big the payoff is. These arch specific files are probably less than 1% of the total file count. Erik -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/
Erik de Castro Lopo
Richard Eisenberg wrote:
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If I am, is it reasonable to try to teach the build scripts how to avoid doing this?
As someone who cares about PowerPC and some other arches, I agree that this is a reasonable request on the face of it. I am a little concerned about the difficulty of teaching the build system to do it and I'm not sure how big the payoff is. These arch specific files are probably less than 1% of the total file count.
Right; moreover I suspect we want to compile them during validation anyways to ensure that they aren't inadvertently broken. Cheers, - Ben
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