Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH OSSTEST v2 12/19] ts-kernel-build: Support --reuse to keep same build tree

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2015-06-18 at 18:58 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Campbell writes ("[PATCH OSSTEST v2 12/19] ts-kernel-build: Support 
> --reuse to keep same build tree"):
> > This is very useful when iterating over kernel configurations, since
> > it avoids blowing away the build tree and all the existing built
> > objects. The Linux build system does the right thing when .config
> > changes and only rebuilds the affected bits.
> 
> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> This one should perhaps be considered for bundling into some other
> bunch of stuff, as AFAICT there is no reason for it to wait.

Yes, it was really just something incidental which I happened to write
to make the last but one patch easier (adjusting .config) to come up
with.

It could go in alone or with some other miscellanea I think.

Ian


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