linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] kill i386 and x86

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Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:23:36 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] kill i386 and x86_64 directories

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 10:17:53PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 
> I think the last remaining bit to cleanup is the symlink from
> arch/x86/boot/bzImage. Now that the old directories are gone it does
> not make much sense to keep them alive. Andrew will survive it :)

It is not just Andrew I'm afraid.
We got a Debian bug-report too when we did not have the symlink and I
asume this is true for several others.
We should let it stay in 2.6.24 and remove the symlink for 2.6.25 IMO.

	Sam
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