linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: move the (z)install rules to arch/arm64/Makefile

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Date:   Mon, 2 Aug 2021 13:46:25 +0100
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: move the (z)install rules to arch/arm64/Makefile

On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 11:05:27PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Currently, the (z)install targets in arch/arm64/Makefile descend into
> arch/arm64/boot/Makefile to invoke the shell script, but there is no
> good reason to do so.
> 
> arch/arm64/Makefile can run the shell script directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> ---
> 
>  arch/arm64/Makefile      | 7 +++++--
>  arch/arm64/boot/Makefile | 8 --------
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Is this part of some cross-arch clean-up? I can see x86 for example does
the same thing.

Thanks.

-- 
Catalin