On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 04:55:47AM -0600, DJ Lucas wrote: > > > On 12/30/2016 09:01 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > > > > I don't have a problem with adding gold as you propose, but I do wonder > > what the benefits are for using it. As best I can tell, it would only > > be useful in speeding up the link phase for some large projects. Is > > that right? > > > > If so, what are some performance improvements we can expect to see? > > Correct. Ken, might be able to provide some insight as to differences. As I > go through this build, I plan to do some 1:1 comparisons for larger packages > to see how much of difference to expect. Off the cuff, I see Firefox, > Chromium, Webkit, and KF5 as targets for potential "wow" numbers. The > results, however, are not relevant to the question of whether to include it > IMO. > I haven't got round to testing build times with the two linkers. Too much else going on.
What I did notice a while ago (forget when) was that a particular kernel version (hopefully, -rc but maybe not) didn't link with gold. ĸen -- `I shall take my mountains', said Lu-Tze. `The climate will be good for them.' -- Small Gods -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
