Re: [uml-devel] [patch 1/1] uml: readd linux Makefile target

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 blaisorblade_spam@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Since people are used to doing "make linux ARCH=um" and to use "linux" as the
> kernel image, make it be an hard link to vmlinux. This should hurt the less
> possible the users (actually nothing) while not slowing down the build.
> 
> Acked-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade_spam@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  linux-2.6.9-current-paolo/arch/um/Makefile |   12 ++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff -puN arch/um/Makefile~uml-readd-linux-target arch/um/Makefile
> --- linux-2.6.9-current/arch/um/Makefile~uml-readd-linux-target	2004-10-14 22:52:47.274383552 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.9-current-paolo/arch/um/Makefile	2004-10-14 22:52:47.276383248 +0200
> @@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_MODE_SKAS), y)
>  $(SYS_HEADERS) : $(ARCH_DIR)/include/skas_ptregs.h
>  endif
>  
> +all: linux
> +
> +linux: vmlinux
> +	$(RM) $@
> +	ln $< $@
> +
> +define archhelp
> +  echo '* linux		- Binary kernel image (./linux) - for backward'
> +  echo '		   compatibility only: now you can simply run'
> +  echo '		   the vmlinux binary you find in the kernel root.'
> +endef
> +

What happens if you modify the kernel source and rebuild the kernel?
I guess vmlinux gets deleted and replaced, but linux is still the old kernel,
because there's no .phony rule for linux?

What about using a symbolic link instead? It will always point to the most
recent kernel.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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