linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: clean arch/[i386|x86

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:10:52 +0100
From:	Michael Opdenacker <michael-lists@...e-electrons.com>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: clean arch/[i386|x86_64] in make mrproper

On 01/17/2008 02:37 PM, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
>
> Proposed fix: add arch/i386 and arch/x86_84 to the list of
> directories cleaned by "make mrproper"
>
> Cleaner solution: stop creating these symbolic links, but this
> could cause issues with scripts still expecting bzImage in
> arch/i386/boot/bzImage or in arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage.
>
> What do you think? I can submit another patch for the second
> option.
>
> Michael.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael@...e-electrons.com> ---
> linux-2.6.24-rc8-git1/Makefile    2008-01-17 09:54:22.000000000
> +0100 +++ linux-2.6.24-rc8-git1-mrproper-x86/Makefile    2008-01-17
> 10:49:19.000000000 +0100 @@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ .tmp_kallsyms*
> .tmp_version .tmp_vmlinux* .tmp_System.map
>
> # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper' -MRPROPER_DIRS
> += include/config include2 usr/include +MRPROPER_DIRS  +=
> include/config include2 usr/include arch/i386 arch/x86_64
> MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old include/asm .version
> .old_version \ include/linux/autoconf.h include/linux/version.h
> \ include/linux/utsrelease.h                            \
>
The problem is still there in 2.6.24-rc8-git2. In my opinion, it's a
significant bug in the kernel build system that "make mrproper" and
"make distclean" don't remove all generated files. 2.6.24 shoudn't
ship with this bug.

What do you think?

Cheers,

Michael.


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