linux-kernel - Re: how to avoid that install.sh goes mad, if I am not root?

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Message-ID: <ihbvd1$jbj$3@dough.gmane.org>
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:49:37 +0000 (UTC)
From:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: how to avoid that install.sh goes mad, if I am not root?

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:47:56 +0100, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> 
> First, at least on x86, the kernel will look for the 'installkernel'
> executable first in your own ~/bin/, so if you have that then it will
> override /sbin/installkernel.
> 

That still doesn't look like a good solution.

/me is thinking if we should have a new Kconfig for this, e.g.
CONFIG_INSTALL_KERNEL whose default value is "/sbin/installkernel".

Cheers.

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