[BusyBox] Compilation Speed

[Rob Landley]

On Thursday 28 July 2005 12:48, busybox at rich-paul.net wrote:
> I've noticed that when I compile busybox on my laptop, it compiles more
> slowly than one would expect, and although it's a (more-or-less)
> multiprocessor system and I use -j5, make never seems to run more than one
> job at a time.
>
> I believe I have found the culprit:  each time a file is compiled, gcc
> runs about 5 times.  This is because the $(check_gcc) macros and the
> TARGET_ARCH macros are late binding.
>
> The attached patch cuts the compilation time by 66%, from 1.5 minutes to
> 30 seconds.  Your mileage may very.  These statements have not been
> evaluated by the FDA.

Applied.

Rob