linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: add ARM support for tar-pkg

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Message-ID: <toe37c7bcqf.fsf@twin.sascha.silbe.org>
Date:   Sun, 14 May 2017 18:54:32 +0200
From:   Sascha Silbe <x-linux@...ra-silbe.de>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: add ARM support for tar-pkg

Dear Masahiro (is that right?),

Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> writes:

> 2017-05-13 20:31 GMT+09:00 Sascha Silbe <x-linux@...ra-silbe.de>:
>> The fallback code for "unknown" architectures doesn't work on ARM
>> because for ARM (and a couple of other architectures) KBUILD_IMAGE
>> contains only the file name, not the full path. Having an explicit
>> rule also avoids printing the warning for unknown architectures.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sascha Silbe <x-linux@...ra-silbe.de>
>> ---
>
> Now KBUILD_IMAGE contains the full path for all architectures.
>
>
> Please check the following commit.
>
> commit 152e6744ebfc8fa6cc9fff4ba36271f5f1ba2821
> Author: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>
> Date:   Tue Nov 22 22:34:30 2016 +0100
>
>     arm: Use full path in KBUILD_IMAGE definition

Figures. I'm sitting on this patch for years and when I finally get
around to write a commit message, somebody fixed it elsewhere and that
patch went in just a few days ago. :)

The second part of the rationale (getting rid of the warning) still
applies, so I'll follow up with a v2.

Sascha
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