Announce: Kernel Build for 2.5, Release 1.5 is available

Announce: Kernel Build for 2.5, Release 1.5 is available

[Keith Owens]

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Release 1.5 of kernel build for kernel 2.5 (kbuild 2.5) has been
released.  http://sourceforge.net/projects/kbuild/, Package kbuild-2.5,
download release 1.5.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=99725412902968&w=2
contains information about the base release.

Changelog:

  Generalize select() and objlink() to take a variable number of
  CONFIG_ entries, including zero.

  Remove the special case commands always(), always_mod() and
  objlink_cond(), they are all handled by the general case commands.

  Simplify selections with multiple criteria to use the general
  select() command.

  Add update_if_changed() as a micro optimization, mainly for
  asm-offsets.h.

  Add CONFIG_Y, CONFIG_M to handle special select() cases.

  Add CONFIG_KBUILD_GCC_VERSION.  Later releases will force a complete
  rebuild if this variable changes, work in progress.

  Add CONFIG_KBUILD_CRITICAL which lists the CONFIG_ variables that are
  critical to the build.  Later releases will force a complete rebuild
  if any of the listed config variables change, work in progress.

  Documentation changes (Documentation/kbuild/kbuild-2.5.txt is your
  friend) for above changes plus asm-offsets.h.

  Upgrade to kernel 2.4.14.

  This release does not fully support CML2, only use it with CML1.
  CML2 needs the extra CONFIG_ variables and menus added to support
  kbuild 2.5.  WIP.

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Re: Announce: Kernel Build for 2.5, Release 1.5 is available

[vda]

On Tuesday 06 November 2001 12:00, Keith Owens wrote:
> Release 1.5 of kernel build for kernel 2.5 (kbuild 2.5) has been
> released.  http://sourceforge.net/projects/kbuild/, Package kbuild-2.5,
> download release 1.5.
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=99725412902968&w=2
> contains information about the base release.

I don't use kbuild yet but really like the idea.
What prevents its adoption as a standard kernel build tool?
--
vda

Re: Announce: Kernel Build for 2.5, Release 1.5 is available

[Keith Owens]

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 14:46:09 +0000, 
vda <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> wrote:
>On Tuesday 06 November 2001 12:00, Keith Owens wrote:
>> Release 1.5 of kernel build for kernel 2.5 (kbuild 2.5) has been
>> released.  http://sourceforge.net/projects/kbuild/, Package kbuild-2.5,
>> download release 1.5.
>
>I don't use kbuild yet but really like the idea.
>What prevents its adoption as a standard kernel build tool?

It will be standard in 2.5, that is what it is designed for.

Re: Announce: Kernel Build for 2.5, Release 1.5 is available

[Dave Jones]

On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Keith Owens wrote:

Hi Keith,

> It will be standard in 2.5, that is what it is designed for.

 Is the inclusion of several autogenerated files in the current patch
a diff mistake, or is this intended due to planned changes?

 Configure.help references CONFIG_KERNEL_FORMAT_BZIMAGE but this
variable doesn't appear anywhere else. Or is this a CML2 only symbol ?

regards,

Dave.

-- 
| Dave Jones.        http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
| SuSE Labs

Re: Announce: Kernel Build for 2.5, Release 1.5 is available

[Peter Samuelson]

[vda]
> I don't use kbuild yet but really like the idea.
> What prevents its adoption as a standard kernel build tool?

Integration into the kernel tree, which is scheduled for very early in
the 2.5 cycle.  (Before you ask, NO, we do not need yet another brand
new thing in 2.4!)

Peter

Re: Announce: Kernel Build for 2.5, Release 1.5 is available

[Keith Owens]

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 16:41:38 +0100 (CET), 
Dave Jones <davej@suse.de> wrote:
> Is the inclusion of several autogenerated files in the current patch
>a diff mistake, or is this intended due to planned changes?

It is intended.  See Documentation/kbuild/kbuild-2.5.txt, under
"Shipping Generated Files".  These files are generated by tools that
not all users will have installed.

> Configure.help references CONFIG_KERNEL_FORMAT_BZIMAGE but this
>variable doesn't appear anywhere else. Or is this a CML2 only symbol ?

That should be CONFIG_BZIMAGE in Configure.help, typo.