Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 05 May 2002 09:42:35 -0700 | From | Dan Kegel <> | Subject | Re: kbuild 2.5 is ready for inclusion in the 2.5 kernel |
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Richard Gooch wrote: > As Keith says, the new code is faster and more robust than the old > code. Given that tracking kernel drift is a significant load on him, > it makes sense to incorporate the new code now. Once it's in, let > people get used to it and then we can look at optimising it, if need > be. Delaying introduction into the kernel tree because it's not 100% > optimised is wasteful.
Keith also says: > I am temporarily omitting [modversions] which is (a) currently broken > (b) is not being used in development kernels and (c) cannot be fixed > without a radical redesign. Modversions is not needed right now and > will be added later. Everything I have done in kbuild 2.5 is needed > now
[Caveat: I'm not much of a kernel hacker.] My only concern with kbuild 2.5 was the lack of modversions, but since Richard is promising to add them in before the distros need them, I would have no qualms about kbuild 2.5 totally replacing the old build system for the next 2.5 kernel. I'm sick and tired of 'make dep'.
What does Alan Cox think? - Dan - 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/
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