Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | WANG Cong <> | Subject | [Patch] x86: remove i386/x86_64 bzImage symlinks | Date | Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:19:55 +0800 |
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These symlinks are unnecessary and scheduled to be removed for a long time.
I test this patch on Fedora, nothing breaks, but I am not sure about other distros.
Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
--- diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c4a6e14..cf59e83 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -253,16 +253,6 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> --------------------------- -What: i386/x86_64 bzImage symlinks -When: April 2010 - -Why: The i386/x86_64 merge provides a symlink to the old bzImage - location so not yet updated user space tools, e.g. package - scripts, do not break. -Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - ---------------------------- - What: GPIO autorequest on gpio_direction_{input,output}() in gpiolib When: February 2010 Why: All callers should use explicit gpio_request()/gpio_free(). diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile index b02e509..5401a3c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Makefile +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile @@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_DECODER_SELFTEST),y) $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/tools posttest endif $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(KBUILD_IMAGE) - $(Q)mkdir -p $(objtree)/arch/$(UTS_MACHINE)/boot - $(Q)ln -fsn ../../x86/boot/bzImage $(objtree)/arch/$(UTS_MACHINE)/boot/$@ $(BOOT_TARGETS): vmlinux $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $@
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