Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:52:38 +0530
From: Balram Adlakha <b_adlakha@softhome.net>
To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel source tree splitting
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On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 07:54:03AM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> Martin J. Bligh wrote:
>=20
> >> So there are many edits that needed to be done in lots of
> >> Kconfig and Makefiles if one selectively pulls or omits certain
> >> sub-directories.
> >
> > Indeed, I ran across the same thing a while back. Would be *really* nic=
e to
> > fix, if only so some poor sod over a modem can download a smaller tarba=
ll,
> > or save some diskspace.
>=20
>  I have seven source trees on disk right now.  Getting rid off all
> the archs but i386 would not only save tons of space, it would also
> make 'grep -r' go faster and stop spewing irrelevant hits for archs
> that I couldn't care less about.
>=20
>=20
> ------
>  Chuck
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I agree with you. Making different trees for different archs will make the =
tarball much smaller. Usually people only use one architecture and the othe=
r code lies waste. I think this has been discussed many times but It really=
 is worth doing.
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