Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:28:39 +0100 | From | Christian Zander <> | Subject | Re: no version magic, tainting kernel. |
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On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:40:22PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > > That's what EXTRA_CFLAGS and CFLAGS_someobject.o are for. >
I am well aware of the documentation in Documentation/kbuild and know that kbuild is flexible enough to support customized CFLAGS. I didn't argue that.
> The use of the kernel build process to build kernel modules is not > _mandatory_, it's just that it's the only sane option. > > You are, of course, welcome to hack up your own broken and > short-term solutions which happen to work this week for some > platforms. But don't come crying to us when (not if) they stop > working. > > The use of vermagic.c doesn't stop you from making your own build > system; you can have your own vermagic.c to make your hacks work > this week. >
I can't follow your hostility in this matter; I didn't "come crying" to you when things broke in the past and I'm not crying now. Last time I checked, voicing concerns was a legitimate thing to do.
The "broken and short-term solutions" are needed with any kernel that doesn't provide the module building support introduced with Linux 2.5, which will likely be the majority of kernels in use for quite a while, still.
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