From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>,
Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm, kbuild: make "make install" not depend on vmlinux
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 12:46:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXwdYACK_yvH3=OrO+MWkvOXQCzZ6f35hNq-k-7gieFLQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52552FBA.7040806@suse.cz>
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> wrote:
> On 9.10.2013 09:18, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Sorry for chiming in that late, but I didn't think of this when reading the
>> original submission.
>>
>> Just doing "make oldconfig; make install" used to work.
>
> On ARM and maybe other architectures.
Until 2009 it also worked on x86 ;-)
>> Removing the dependency of "make vmlinux" on vmlinux breaks this, doesn't it?
>
>> Not that I'm strongly attached to it, but there may be other users...
>
> We can't eat the cake and have it :). What can be done is to make
Sure.
> arch/arm/boot/install.sh print a friendlier error message, like the x86
> version does:
>
> if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
> echo "" 1>&2
> echo " *** Missing file: $1" 1>&2
> echo ' *** You need to run "make" before "make install".' 1>&2
> echo "" 1>&2
> exit 1
> fi
Definitely!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
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From: geert@linux-m68k.org (Geert Uytterhoeven)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm, kbuild: make "make install" not depend on vmlinux
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 12:46:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXwdYACK_yvH3=OrO+MWkvOXQCzZ6f35hNq-k-7gieFLQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52552FBA.7040806@suse.cz>
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> wrote:
> On 9.10.2013 09:18, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Sorry for chiming in that late, but I didn't think of this when reading the
>> original submission.
>>
>> Just doing "make oldconfig; make install" used to work.
>
> On ARM and maybe other architectures.
Until 2009 it also worked on x86 ;-)
>> Removing the dependency of "make vmlinux" on vmlinux breaks this, doesn't it?
>
>> Not that I'm strongly attached to it, but there may be other users...
>
> We can't eat the cake and have it :). What can be done is to make
Sure.
> arch/arm/boot/install.sh print a friendlier error message, like the x86
> version does:
>
> if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
> echo "" 1>&2
> echo " *** Missing file: $1" 1>&2
> echo ' *** You need to run "make" before "make install".' 1>&2
> echo "" 1>&2
> exit 1
> fi
Definitely!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert at linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-09 10:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-10 13:37 [GIT] kbuild changes for v3.11-rc1 Michal Marek
2013-07-11 2:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-07-11 4:26 ` Greg KH
2013-07-11 13:54 ` Michal Marek
2013-07-11 13:54 ` Michal Marek
2013-07-11 17:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-07-12 10:57 ` Robert Richter
2013-07-17 16:05 ` [PATCH] arm, kbuild: make "make install" not depend on vmlinux Robert Richter
2013-07-17 16:05 ` Robert Richter
2013-07-17 16:05 ` Robert Richter
2013-07-17 16:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-07-17 16:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-07-17 16:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-07-17 16:57 ` Robert Richter
2013-07-17 16:57 ` Robert Richter
2013-07-17 16:57 ` Robert Richter
2013-07-17 17:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-07-17 17:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-07-17 17:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-07-18 9:22 ` Michal Marek
2013-07-18 9:22 ` Michal Marek
2013-07-18 9:22 ` Michal Marek
2013-09-30 8:49 ` Robert Richter
2013-09-30 8:49 ` Robert Richter
2013-09-30 8:49 ` Robert Richter
2013-09-30 16:31 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-30 16:31 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-09-30 16:31 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-10-09 7:18 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-10-09 7:18 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-10-09 7:18 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-10-09 10:28 ` Michal Marek
2013-10-09 10:28 ` Michal Marek
2013-10-09 10:28 ` Michal Marek
2013-10-09 10:46 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2013-10-09 10:46 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-10-09 10:46 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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