linux-kernel - Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl.

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Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:35:52 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	"Mark A. Miller" <mark@...ell.org>
Cc:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at>,
	Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Embedded Linux mailing list <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl.

> There are several other packages which are broken for embedded
> architectures, which I will hopefully attempt to fix by submitting patches
> upstream. But this is why we should be cautious about including new tools
> for compiling the kernel. Sam Ravnborg was correct in that a C program to do
> the work would be the proper way. But by not addressing a currently existing
> problem with an adequate replacement with something that does not exist
> currently, seems faulty.

Why are "make headers_install" such a crucial thing for your
embedded environmnet?

I would assume that if this of such improtance then there is also
someone to step up and contribute a C version of it.

	Sam
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