Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265287AbUFTVZv (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:25:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265306AbUFTVZv (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:25:51 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:22149 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265287AbUFTVZt (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:25:49 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kbuild: Improved external module support From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andreas Gruenbacher , Geert Uytterhoeven , Kai Germaschewski In-Reply-To: <20040620212353.GD10189@mars.ravnborg.org> References: <20040620211905.GA10189@mars.ravnborg.org> <20040620212353.GD10189@mars.ravnborg.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-JZVMy9v7kvHTqELCBoTG" Organization: Red Hat UK Message-Id: <1087766729.2805.15.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 23:25:29 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1450 Lines: 45 --=-JZVMy9v7kvHTqELCBoTG Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > # 3) The build symlink now points to the output of the kernel > # compile. > # - When a kernel is compiled with output and source > # mixed, the build and source symlinks will point > # to the same directory. In this case there is > # no change in behaviour. > # It is recommended that distributions pick up this > # method, and especially start shipping kernel output and > # source separately. > # =20 I don't see the point of this; module builds don't use the output of the kernel compile but the SOURCE, eg the headers and Makefiles. I don't see a reason for this change; at least what I ship right now for the Fedora Core 2 kernel seems to work for all modules with sane makefiles so far.... --=-JZVMy9v7kvHTqELCBoTG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBA1gDJxULwo51rQBIRApj5AJ9cXDVp1qv5ZHRMS1W2Um05tL/EHwCeLOAd xvuBcGUDnf9CeXThaIcPYu4= =BY9w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-JZVMy9v7kvHTqELCBoTG-- - 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/