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linux下提高编译速度很好（Linux to improve, compile speed is very good） As the project grows, its a waste of time to recompile the entire project each time. Research, look for the following ways to help speed up. TMPFS Some people say that using RAMDisk in Windows reduces the compile time of a project from 4.5 hours to 5 minutes, Maybe this number is a bit exaggerated, but think about it, putting files into memory should be much faster than compiling them on disk, Especially if the compiler needs to generate a lot of temporary files. This method of implementation costs the lowest, in Linux, direct mount, a TMPFS on it. There is no requirement for the compiled project, and the compiler environment is not changed. Mount, -t, TMPFS, TMPFS, ~/build, -o, size=1G Use 2.6.32.2s Linux Kernel to test the compile speed: Physical disk: 40 minutes and 16 seconds Use tmpfs:39 for 56 seconds Eh Nothing much has changed. It seems that compilation is slow and largely bottleneck is not on top of IO. But for an actual project, there may be a IO intensive operation such as packaging during the compilation process, so long as possible, Using TMPFS is good and harmless. Of course, for large projects, you need to have enough memory to be able to afford the TMPFS overhead. Make -j Since IO is not a bottleneck, CPU should be an important factor that affects the speed of compilation. Using make -j with one parameter, you can compile the project in parallel, for example on a dual core machine, You can use make -j4 at best to allow make to execute at most 4 compile commands, so that you can make better use of CPU resources. Or do you test with Kernel?: Use make:40 for 16 seconds Use make -j4:23 for 16 seconds Use make -j8:22 for 59 seconds From this point of view, proper parallel compilation on multicore CPU can significantly increase compilation speed. But the parallel task should not be too much. It is usually two times the core number of CPU. However, this scheme is not completely without cost, and i