Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262656AbTEAGPP (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 02:15:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262676AbTEAGPP (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 02:15:15 -0400 Received: from s4.uklinux.net ([80.84.72.14]:32958 "EHLO mail2.uklinux.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262656AbTEAGPO (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 02:15:14 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel source tree splitting References: <200304301946130000.01139CC8@smtp.comcast.net> <20030430172102.69e13ce9.rddunlap@osdl.org> <9930000.1051762204@[10.10.2.4]> <3EB0BB32.1070500@wmich.edu> From: Peter Riocreux Date: 01 May 2003 07:14:21 +0100 In-Reply-To: <3EB0BB32.1070500@wmich.edu> Message-ID: <9kel3jw5vm.fsf@homer.cakes.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 943 Lines: 16 This might also help highlight files that are not really in a natural place in the tree. If people building for x86 platforms start finding they need a file that is in the sparc part of the tree then that suggests that said file is probably at least partly non-arch specific. This would also apply to, say, the audio and video parts of the drivers section of the tree. While these things do get reported on here occasionally, and fixed, making it possible to wholesale remove parts of the tree that people naturally assume you *shouldn't* need for a particular config ought to show these up more easily. Of course it adds another variable into the mix when people report build problems.... Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/