Update to version 0.9.0, which is a major rework with quite a number of important changes and new features. These are the highlights, see below for details:

• kcbench now supports building a configuration generated with make allmodconfig
• compiling with gcc10 and clang (with or without LLVM=1) are now supported
• kcbench will now default to compiling Linux 5.7 for gcc10, clang10, and all compilers it does not recognize
• a totally new approach for finding the optimal number of jobs that kcbench will use when compiling the kernel (make -j #), as measurements showed some systems (like an AMD Threadripper that was tested) compile the kernel quicker if SMT (aka HT/Hyper-Threading) is not used (see below and the man page for details)
• the old and slightly unintuitive “kcbench points” result was dropped; instead show a "rate per hour" value for speed runs
• kcbench now prints more details about the system before starting to measure, including the CPUfreq driver and governor
• quite a few command line options and were changed to make usage more intuitive and consistent; some defaults have changed, too
• kcbench finally has a Makefile for installing
• the man page was improved quite a lot
• handle errors during compilation more efficiently and show the output from make by default
• cross-compilation is now support (still experimental!)
• besides compiling one kernel really quick kcbench now supports a mode called “rate-run” (aka “kernbenchrate”), where it compiles multiple kernels in parallel (still experimental!) to keep all CPU cores busy all the time.

Update to beta2

Now supports

• cross compiling
• Clang/LLVM
• a rate run, which compiles many kernels in parallel (with just one job each) instead of compiling one really quick (with many jobs)

Update to beta2

Update to first pre-release of 0.5.0.

• new default for number of jobs used; see man page for details
• add "-m/--modconfig" that compiles a allmodconfig config (including modules)
• a new way to automatically determine how many jobs to use
• Linux 5.6 is default, needed for allmodconfig build with gcc10
• a lot of improvements to the documentation

Version 0.9.0 is a major rework with quite a number of important changes and new features. These are the highlights, see below for details:

• kcbench now supports building a configuration generated with make allmodconfig
• compiling with gcc10 and clang (with or without LLVM=1) are now supported
• kcbench will now default to compiling Linux 5.7 for gcc10, clang10, and all compilers it does not recognize
• a totally new approach for finding the optimal number of jobs that kcbench will use when compiling the kernel (make -j #), as measurements showed some systems (like an AMD Threadripper that was tested) compile the kernel quicker if SMT (aka HT/Hyper-Threading) is not used (see below and the man page for details)
• the old and slightly unintuitive “kcbench points” result was dropped; instead show a "rate per hour" value for speed runs
• kcbench now prints more details about the system before starting to measure, including the CPUfreq driver and governor
• quite a few command line options and were changed to make usage more intuitive and consistent; some defaults have changed, too
• kcbench finally has a Makefile for installing
• the man page was improved quite a lot
• handle errors during compilation more efficiently and show the output from make by default
• cross-compilation is now support (still experimental!)
• besides compiling one kernel really quick kcbench now supports a mode called “rate-run” (aka “kernbenchrate”), where it compiles multiple kernels in parallel (still experimental!) to keep all CPU cores busy all the time.