Re: [PATCH] kernelrelase only recomputed when necessary

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Sun Jan 08 2006 - 15:50:29 EST




On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>
> This patch goes on top of patch from hpa titled:
> Drop vmlinux dependency from "make install"

This part looks bogus:

> diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Makefile b/arch/x86_64/Makefile
> index a9cd42e..663dbdb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86_64/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86_64/Makefile
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ bzlilo: vmlinux
> bzdisk: vmlinux
> $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) BOOTIMAGE=$(BOOTIMAGE) zdisk
>
> -install fdimage fdimage144 fdimage288: vmlinux
> +install fdimage fdimage144 fdimage288:
> $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) BOOTIMAGE=$(BOOTIMAGE) $@
>
> archclean:


That rule should probably be:

fdimage fdimage144 fdimage288: vmlinux
install:
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) BOOTIMAGE=$(BOOTIMAGE) $@

since the fdimages should still depend on vmlinux.

No?

Linus
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