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diff --git a/tools/buildman/README b/tools/buildman/README index fe76d4ce0eb..cb565b551f8 100644 --- a/tools/buildman/README +++ b/tools/buildman/README @@ -1232,12 +1232,16 @@ Some options you might like are: TODO ==== -This has mostly be written in my spare time as a response to my difficulties -in testing large series of patches. Apart from tidying up there is quite a -bit of scope for improvement. Things like better error diffs and easier -access to log files. Also it would be nice if buildman could 'hunt' for -problems, perhaps by building a few boards for each arch, or checking -commits for changed files and building only boards which use those files. +Many improvements have been made over the years. There is still quite a bit of +scope for more though, e.g.: + +- easier access to log files +- 'hunting' for problems, perhaps by building a few boards for each arch, or + checking commits for changed files and building only boards which use those + files +- using the same git repo for all threads instead of cloning it. Currently + it uses about 500MB per thread, so on a 64-thread machine this is 32GB for + the build. Credits @@ -1253,3 +1257,4 @@ sjg@chromium.org Halloween 2012 Updated 12-12-12 Updated 23-02-13 +Updated 09-04-20 |