linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] powerpc: remove unused zInstall target from arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile

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Date:   Wed, 18 Aug 2021 23:38:11 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:     Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>,
        Jordan Niethe <jniethe5@...il.com>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] powerpc: remove unused zInstall target from arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile

On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 23:19:35 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Commit c913e5f95e54 ("powerpc/boot: Don't install zImage.* from make
> install") added the zInstall target to arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile,
> but you cannot use it since the corresponding hook is missing in
> arch/powerpc/Makefile.
> 
> It has never worked since its addition. Nobody has complained about
> it for 7 years, which means this code was unneeded.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/3] powerpc: remove unused zInstall target from arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/156ca4e650bfb9a4259b427069caa11b5a4df3d4
[2/3] powerpc: make the install target not depend on any build artifact
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/9bef456b20581e630ef9a13555ca04fed65a859d
[3/3] powerpc: move the install rule to arch/powerpc/Makefile
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/86ff0bce2e9665c8b074930fe6caed615da070c1

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