linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] make installkernel configurable from command line (was Re: how to avoid that install.sh goes mad, if I am not root?)

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Message-ID: <ihtsue$921$2@dough.gmane.org>
Date:	Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:58:07 +0000 (UTC)
From:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] make installkernel configurable from command line (was
 Re: how to avoid that install.sh goes mad, if I am not root?)

On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:02:11 +0100, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> 
> Tested.  This works as far as not overriding root's ~/bin/installkernel
> if it exists, but it fails to give precedence to an explicit
> command-line INSTALLKERNEL=... over the built-in fallbacks.  I don't see
> an easy way to fix that without first consolidating all archs'
> INSTALLKERNEL handling into the top-level Makefile.


Yes, exactly, I can expect this.

> 
> Not using make install and just invoking your own install script
> directly works, so I'm not sure this is worth the trouble (unless you
> can unify all archs' INSTALLKERNEL handling as a side-effect / cleanup).

Agreed, I will have a try.

Thanks!

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