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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 18:32:30 +0200
From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: arch-specific "make" target
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On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 12:16:59PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> I just wanted to confirm that all architectures generate a bootable 
> kernel image -- not just vmlinux -- then the developer types "make" with 
> no arguments.
> 
> This is the 2.6 kernel standard, but I just got word that some arches 
> don't follow this rule yet...

MIPS does so for those system that can't boot the vanilla vmlinux file.
Most current systems support direct loading of ELF binaries though.

  Ralf