Re: [PATCH] x86: Disable CONFIG_X86_DECODER_SELFTEST inallmod/allyesconfigs

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Feb 05 2014 - 12:32:14 EST


> For the record, even with a (currently) modern CPU such as a
> Xeon E5-2630 @ 2.30GHz, the script takes 4m30s on 3.14-rc1
> i386 allyesconfig. And since it runs single threaded at the end
> of the build, it really adds that amount to the wall time spent
> on the build. So enthusiastically Acked, FWIW.

I suppose we could just multi thread it. It should
"embarassingly" scale without problems. But turning it off by default is a
first step.

-Andi
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