# \[$\] Accelerating the kernel's build process

DevFeed: [\[$\] Accelerating the kernel's build process](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/accelerating-the-kernel-s-build-process-8499.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://lwn.net/Articles/1093398/>)

Author: corbet

Published: 2026-09-11T14:15:32Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [LWN.net](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/lwn-net.md>)

Topics: [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>)

Tags: [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes how Lorenzo Stoakes used assistance based on large language models to improve the Linux kernel's complex build system and substantially reduce kernel build times.

## Source excerpt

Kernel developers do a lot of kernel builds. Since the kernel is not a small program, those builds can take a fair amount of time, even on a fast machine. The kernel also has a complex build system; it is probably fair to say that few developers truly understand it, and fewer still are willing to try to improve it. Lorenzo Stoakes, armed with LLM-based assistance, decided to give it a try, though, and has managed to reduce the time it takes to build a kernel -- and not by a small amount.