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diff --git a/tools/buildman/README b/tools/buildman/README index ca0d1f6446..f299b0c297 100644 --- a/tools/buildman/README +++ b/tools/buildman/README @@ -958,12 +958,11 @@ will build commits in us-buildman that are not in upstream/master. Building Faster =============== -By default, buildman executes 'make mrproper' prior to building the first -commit for each board. This causes everything to be built from scratch. If you -trust the build system's incremental build capabilities, you can pass the -I -flag to skip the 'make mproper' invocation, which will reduce the amount of -work 'make' does, and hence speed up the build. This flag will speed up any -buildman invocation, since it reduces the amount of work done on any build. +By default, buildman doesn't execute 'make mrproper' prior to building the +first commit for each board. This reduces the amount of work 'make' does, and +hence speeds up the build. To force use of 'make mrproper', use -the -m flag. +This flag will slow down any buildman invocation, since it increases the amount +of work done on any build. One possible application of buildman is as part of a continual edit, build, edit, build, ... cycle; repeatedly applying buildman to the same change or @@ -994,7 +993,7 @@ Combining all of these options together yields the command-line shown below. This will provide the quickest possible feedback regarding the current content of the source tree, thus allowing rapid tested evolution of the code. - SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=0 ./tools/buildman/buildman -I -P tegra + SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=0 ./tools/buildman/buildman -P tegra Checking configuration |