Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753177AbZALKQe (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:16:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751466AbZALKQX (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:16:23 -0500 Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:60059 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751290AbZALKQV (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:16:21 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:18:03 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: "Mark A. Miller" Cc: Bernd Petrovitsch , Leon Woestenberg , Paul Mundt , Rob Landley , "H. Peter Anvin" , Embedded Linux mailing list , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl. Message-ID: <20090112101803.GB10086@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <200901020207.30359.rob@landley.net> <495FEEAF.5020005@zytor.com> <200901032006.47652.rob@landley.net> <20090104030619.GA21466@linux-sh.org> <1231677939.3517.5.camel@gimli.at.home> <31014a580901111928u586e2246uccf370ff941c8a01@mail.gmail.com> <20090112053552.GA9061@uranus.ravnborg.org> <31014a580901112150x57cd715aj5f42ee19bc28c701@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <31014a580901112150x57cd715aj5f42ee19bc28c701@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1249 Lines: 25 On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:50:31PM -0600, Mark A. Miller wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > >> There are several other packages which are broken for embedded > >> architectures, which I will hopefully attempt to fix by submitting patches > >> upstream. But this is why we should be cautious about including new tools > >> for compiling the kernel. Sam Ravnborg was correct in that a C program to do > >> the work would be the proper way. But by not addressing a currently existing > >> problem with an adequate replacement with something that does not exist > >> currently, seems faulty. > > > > Why are "make headers_install" such a crucial thing for your > > embedded environmnet? > > Sanity check. If the environment cannot replicate itself, then > something has been faulty in the cross-compiling stage, that was used > to propagate a native environment for the target architecture. So you actually build your target toolchain on your target? Sam -- 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/