Re: 2.6.17-mm1

[Tom Rini]

On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 02:53:05PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:27:06 +0200
> Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 02:32:05PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:39:01 -0700
> > > "Keith Mannthey" <kmannth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Andrew,
> > > >   When I make mrproper to clean the kernel tree with the -mm trees (at
> > > > least the last few releases) I end up having to remove
> > > > /include/linux/dwarf2-defs.h myself.  This file is generated at build
> > > > time but mrproper isn't cleaning it up.   This file is always present
> > > > in a tree that has been built but not in the origninal tree so a diff
> > > > of the tree picks it up.
> > > > 
> > > > Is this expected?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > No, it's not expected.  That's due to the kgdb patches.
> > > 
> > > Sam, what should we be doing here?
> > 
> > The dwarf2-defs.h file is similar to the asm-offsets.h file. We need it
> > before starting to build the kernel.
> > So the only same solution would be to move it all to the Kbuild file in
> > the top-level directory. Then we should also let same Kbuild file take
> > care of cleaning up.
> > 
> > I noticed that kgdb patches was dropped in -mm this time.
> > Shall I try to cook up a patch next time you include kgdb?
> > 
> 
> I wouldn't bother, really - we have bigger fish to fry.

Just got back from a holiday, catching up on things now.

I _thought_ this had been fixed, but it may have been after Andrew
grabbed the patches last, I'll double check soon.

-- 
Tom Rini
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