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Message-ID: <20071005061106.GA27798@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:11:06 +0200
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Alistair John Strachan <alistair@...zero.co.uk>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.23-rc9 and a heads-up for the 2.6.24 series..
> > cp: cannot stat `arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage': No such file or directory
> >
> > Obviously, this file has moved to arch/x86/boot, but it seems like
> > possibly unnecessary breakage. I've been copying bzImage for years
> > from arch/x86_64/boot, and I'm sure there's a handful of scripts
> > (other than Debian's kernel-image) doing this too.
> >
> > For now, I hacked the tool[1]. Maybe, if we care, a symlink could be
> > set up between arch/x86/boot and arch/$ARCH/boot ? Or would papering
> > over this be more trouble than it's worth?
>
> yeah, a symlink is the right solution i think. Our first-step goal is to
> make the switchover seamless for all practical purposes, and a
> compatibility symlink in arch/i386/boot/ will not hurt. (we shouldnt
> worry about the really old zImage target though)
But when can we then get rid of it?
This is a simple question about when we take the noise..
And right now people know we are shifting to x86 - so it makes
sense to let the dependent userspace tools take the pain now and not later.
Starting to fill up a build kernel with symlinks for compatibility with
random progarms seems to be the wrong approach.
Sam - that dislike especially the asm symlink
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