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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 12:17:50 +0900 From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> Cc: changbin.du@...el.com, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, build: Improve the isolinux searching of isoimage generation 2017-10-31 18:39 GMT+09:00 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>: > > * changbin.du@...el.com <changbin.du@...el.com> wrote: > >> From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@...el.com> >> >> Recently I failed to build isoimage target, because the path of isolinux.bin >> changed to /usr/xxx/ISOLINUX/isolinux.bin, as well as ldlinux.c32 which >> changed to /usr/xxx/syslinux/modules/bios/ldlinux.c32. >> >> This patch has a improvement of the file search: >> - Don't print the raw shell commands. It doesn't make sense to show the >> entire big block. >> - Show a error message instead of silent fail. >> - Add above new paths. >> >> Now it becomes: >> Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#62) >> rm -rf arch/x86/boot/isoimage >> mkdir arch/x86/boot/isoimage >> Using /usr/lib/ISOLINUX/isolinux.bin >> Using /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios/ldlinux.c32 >> cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage arch/x86/boot/isoimage/linux >> ... >> >> Before: >> Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#63) >> rm -rf arch/x86/boot/isoimage >> mkdir arch/x86/boot/isoimage >> for i in lib lib64 share end ; do \ >> if [ -f /usr/$i/syslinux/isolinux.bin ] ; then \ >> cp /usr/$i/syslinux/isolinux.bin arch/x86/boot/isoimage ; \ >> if [ -f /usr/$i/syslinux/ldlinux.c32 ]; then \ >> cp /usr/$i/syslinux/ldlinux.c32 arch/x86/boot/isoimage ; \ >> fi ; \ >> break ; \ >> fi ; \ >> if [ $i = end ] ; then exit 1 ; fi ; \ >> done >> arch/x86/boot/Makefile:161: recipe for target 'isoimage' failed >> make[1]: *** [isoimage] Error 1 > > I like these changes. Could we please further improve it: for example the boot > image build messages are still pretty unstructured, while regular build system > messages come in the following format: > > CC arch/x86/events/msr.o > RELOCS arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.relocs > OBJCOPY arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.bin > CC arch/x86/kernel/signal.o > AS arch/x86/realmode/rmpiggy.o > CC ipc/msg.o > AR arch/x86/ia32/built-in.o > CC arch/x86/events/amd/iommu.o > CC init/do_mounts.o > AR arch/x86/realmode/built-in.o > > So instead of: > >> Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#62) >> rm -rf arch/x86/boot/isoimage >> mkdir arch/x86/boot/isoimage >> Using /usr/lib/ISOLINUX/isolinux.bin >> Using /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios/ldlinux.c32 >> cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage arch/x86/boot/isoimage/linux > > Could we make it something more streamlined and similar to the rest of the build > as well, like: > > GEN arch/x86/boot/bzImage > GEN arch/x86/boot/isoimage > GEN arch/x86/boot/isoimage/linux > > I.e. only mention the new files built, with an appropriate prefix. > > I've Cc:-ed the kbuild maintainers, maybe they have a better suggestion instead of > the 'GEN' abbreviation? > Generally, the abbreviation is the tool that has processed the target, but if you do not find an appropriate one, 'GEN' is fine. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
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