From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=ncf.edu header.i=@ncf.edu header.b="WbhAdX9d" Received: from mail-yw1-x1130.google.com (mail-yw1-x1130.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1130]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FFA21990 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:42:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-yw1-x1130.google.com with SMTP id 00721157ae682-5c08c47c055so23398277b3.1 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:42:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ncf.edu; s=google; t=1700880153; x=1701484953; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:organization:message-id:date :subject:cc:to:from:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=hyf0Z+cxJ/W3oT7C0OJIc/PCTRVv14uANGjF4ZAEDSw=; b=WbhAdX9dfnA7LrwPupxKGjkvxS7jwE02Cn1jJVfEgAaC1FaJfUahy5FavBIZkDyEZg k5lm1jucMTHd2Pj+vtlZpSmfHs/OOu82NVbX/EoWDDcXQIigreyCpvlmfjhD0t/JSygZ SIU7Kx64/wsg3bAwkuPgh07AitGqqPS2HGs7KzbZ/b7z4/ChGhwN7gZCedS0eJRz1ws7 8B/aqQNhzQuQKaXdF0xJpzPFAV3prlLqFid8QNObx0Ct8M146TEig6wZ5b93eRP4TM5U cpzeg1KKYuw3d3pp1Qv+fqINLfVYPa6W7rrxzMZFdV2pZXuu4PxITfLl/z1tSs5JCAPy LibA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1700880153; x=1701484953; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:organization:message-id:date :subject:cc:to:from:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=hyf0Z+cxJ/W3oT7C0OJIc/PCTRVv14uANGjF4ZAEDSw=; b=Nh3GfKpmPng8uhVzyTfy0ZUxUgAaq+PAaMN+r7Web6EXtfN6Gqlu0Qhy0bs0UXFkR4 PLkDMJ4aDu/zuPGiUollpuWeiF79mzuJrbeK/u/P2kQBrlg+AkKlW7O9aHcMAMGPVbuk gldW3eXMnM0GDS6d+BR4zJHdR8w4YCSuJ89wEP+AiLvZxD9LAqJlXPPNJdZZ5wVfImJE GRbOKBSSpKbS+4M3kQxNsEkMfII1Gzm5DnZLFNF8aH36zbNN402T4RPgGjgvYu2FN4zJ 7buyIVfORbyxqF63QYexpiGsDTfwOIiJj00GPJUlaKXe0kBBfFBTCH7sERV8mgKn2b2B w50A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Ywl5etgX61asdAQVrFCVCJN5TKMAtCfhSYFV5glklbOLVQoC1Zd Ts0LbFSQvBO5Vtz3d1Kd6wGdOuQd/TGLXkW6cGo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHtZ42ierZtnGi10mXOo6CZvlvjnES3nwJxqf12LEm+cLdiRM+zBhpCVnFUTB+pTVenapmVnA== X-Received: by 2002:a0d:d54b:0:b0:5c9:d870:cb18 with SMTP id x72-20020a0dd54b000000b005c9d870cb18mr4916615ywd.21.1700880153184; Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:42:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from lux.localnet ([2601:580:8201:d0::4da5]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d196-20020a0ddbcd000000b005ccf7fc2197sm1371945ywe.24.2023.11.24.18.42.32 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:42:32 -0800 (PST) From: Hunter Chasens To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] docs: admin-guide: Update bootloader and installation instructions Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 21:42:32 -0500 Message-ID: <6005603.lOV4Wx5bFT@lux> Organization: New College of Florida In-Reply-To: <87leanw0ms.fsf@meer.lwn.net> References: <20231114030208.30479-1-hunter.chasens18@ncf.edu> <4525208.LvFx2qVVIh@lux> <87leanw0ms.fsf@meer.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4890171.31r3eYUQgx"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" --nextPart4890171.31r3eYUQgx Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; protected-headers="v1" From: Hunter Chasens To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 21:42:32 -0500 Message-ID: <6005603.lOV4Wx5bFT@lux> Organization: New College of Florida In-Reply-To: <87leanw0ms.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 On Friday, November 24, 2023 11:56:43 AM EST you wrote: > But the makefile is looking for "installkernel", right? Unless I'm > missing something, that's the one that will work with "make install". ? The `make install` calls `/scripts/install.sh`. `/scripts/install.sh` uses a variable called $INSTALLKERNEL to search a few directories. If it can't find what it's looking for it searches for an `install.sh` script in srctree/arch/$arch/. `kernel-install` is part of the systemd stack, and can be invoked as `installkernel`. It gets invoked as installkernel during `make install` through some wizardry I'm not super familiar with. I guess it's more of an install binary than an install script, but there's no `installkernel.sh` on many current distributions. Just programs that pretend to be `installkernel.sh` which might confuse a user looking for such a script. I suppose it would be more accurate to say something like: "It is also possible to do `make install` if you have lilo installed or if your distribution has an installer compatible with the kernel's makefile." 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