Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Michael Opdenacker <> | Subject | [PATCH] x86: clean arch/[i386|x86_64] in make mrproper | Date | Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:37:23 +0100 |
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Applies to: 2.6.24-rc8-git1
For backward compatibility with earlier (< 2.6.24) kernels, arch/i386/boot/bzImage or arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage symbolic links to arch/x86/boot/bzImage are created when you build an x86 kernel. The arch/i386 or arch/x86_64 directories are then created for this only purpose.
Issue: these generated directories and symbolic links are *not cleaned up* when you run "make mrproper" (and thus "make distclean"). This disturbs the production of patches, because the source tree is left with generated files and directories.
Proposed fix: add arch/i386 and arch/x86_84 to the list of directories cleaned by "make mrproper"
Cleaner solution: stop creating these symbolic links, but this could cause issues with scripts still expecting bzImage in arch/i386/boot/bzImage or in arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage.
What do you think? I can submit another patch for the second option.
Michael.
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael@free-electrons.com> --- linux-2.6.24-rc8-git1/Makefile 2008-01-17 09:54:22.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.24-rc8-git1-mrproper-x86/Makefile 2008-01-17 10:49:19.000000000 +0100 @@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ .tmp_kallsyms* .tmp_version .tmp_vmlinux* .tmp_System.map # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper' -MRPROPER_DIRS += include/config include2 usr/include +MRPROPER_DIRS += include/config include2 usr/include arch/i386 arch/x86_64 MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old include/asm .version .old_version \ include/linux/autoconf.h include/linux/version.h \ include/linux/utsrelease.h \
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