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

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Message-ID: <20210803090626.GA30265@willie-the-truck>
Date:   Tue, 3 Aug 2021 10:06:26 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: move the (z)install rules to arch/arm64/Makefile

On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 02:40:44PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 9:46 PM Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> 
> Yes. I want to do these cleanups tree-wide, but
> I sent patches per arch.
> 
> Please pick it up to your arm64 tree
> if you do not mind.

Just to confirm -- this would be for 5.15, right?

Will