* [Linux-ia64] Re: kernel make install - why don't we make it easy like on ia32?
@ 2002-03-25 22:58 David Mosberger
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From: David Mosberger @ 2002-03-25 22:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-ia64
>>>>> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:38:02 -0800, Piet/Pete Delaney <piet@sgi.com> said:
Piet> I was wondering why the ia32 style of installing boot stuff
Piet> like /boot/vmlinuz that done in:
Piet> arch/i386/boot/Makefile and arch/i386/boot/install.sh
Piet> isn't being done for ia64.
Piet> I'm thinking of makeing a few tweaks to the ia32 version to
Piet> copy kernel stuff to /boot and /boot/efi. I've been using a
Piet> hack on the top level kernel Makefile but it's a hack to do it
Piet> there. The ia32 paradigm seems fine; so why isn't it done for
Piet> ia64. Even after applying the ia64 patch to linux-2.4.18, a
Piet> 'make install' in the top level kernel Makefile still breaks.
No particular reasons. Just a case of something I'd never want to use
myself and nobody else sending a patch.
--david
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