Re: [GIT PULL] x86/build updates for v6.15
From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue Mar 25 2025 - 02:27:37 EST
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 at 04:46, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> - Drop CRC-32 checksum and the build tool that generates it
> (Ard Biesheuvel)
Hmm. I didn't notice this during the merge process, but not too long
afterwards it became obvious that this caused problems.
I've committed the fix separately: commit 2df0c02dab82 ("x86 boot
build: make git ignore stale 'tools' directory").
Please don't just mindlessly remove .gitignore entries for generated files.
Because even if *you* may have removed the file, the generated files
don't magically disappear from everybody else, and when the gitignore
entry is gone, you are now setting other developers up for mistakes.
Linus