Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Mar 2003 20:13:11 +0100 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.5][RFC] Make mconf inform user about supported make targets |
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On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:30:54PM +0100, Erlend Aasland wrote: > Scenario: I do a make menuconfig on my sparc64 machine. When mconf exits, it > tells me "Next, you may run 'make bzImage', 'make bzdisk', or 'make install'." > > Problem: These are i386-specific targets. Issuing a "make help", I see > that {vmlinux{,.aout},tftpboot.img} are the sparc64-specific targets. > > Solution: Get mconf to tell the user about arch-specific targets, > instead of i386 targets.
I see no need for this patch. Most architectures today (if not all) has a sensible default target.
So changing mconf to print something like: "Next, you may run 'make' to build your kernel."
Should be a good enough guide for the user.
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