Messages in this thread |  | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: LKCD from SGI | Date | Sun, 26 Nov 2000 00:23:57 +1100 |
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On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 14:18:30 +0100, "J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es> wrote: >On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 02:58:37 Keith Owens wrote: >> 2.5 kernel build wish list[1] has a couple of entries for standardising >> the install targets. My thinking (and I know that some people disagree >> with this) is that the standard targets of a linux compile are only >> >> * vmlinux >> * System.map >> * modules in the kernel tree (not installed yet) >> * any other bits and pieces that are required to compile external >> modules against this config. > >Could the default target install names int the std kernel be changed to >System.map -> System.map-$(KERNELRELEASE) >vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-$(KERNELRELEASE) >and then symlink to that ?
We could do a lot of things in the install targets. But none of them are going to be done before kernel 2.5. We are in code freeze (is this freeze number 4 or 5?). Changing the install method just before a new kernel branch is released will not be popular with the distributors.
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