linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: remove bzImage target

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Message-ID: <20160208121810.GL10826@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2016 12:18:11 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: remove bzImage target

On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 02:04:58PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> bzImage has been just an alias for zImage for more than a decade.
> It would not hurt to delete it.

NAK.  bzImage exists for compatibility with build scripts, removing it
is likely to break people's scripts.  It does no harm to keep it.

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