Re: "make config" to another architecture doesn't relink include/asm

Re: "make config" to another architecture doesn't relink include/asm

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Friday 22 May 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   shouldn't it be sufficient that, if i do another "make ??_defconfig"
> to another architecture, all traces of the previous configure are
> erased and include/asm should be relinked automatically?

In 2.6.30, the symlink is finally no longer needed, so maybe we
should simply drop it to solve this problem as well.

	Arnd <><

Re: "make config" to another architecture doesn't relink include/asm

[Michael S. Zick]

On Sat May 23 2009, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 22 May 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   shouldn't it be sufficient that, if i do another "make ??_defconfig"
> > to another architecture, all traces of the previous configure are
> > erased and include/asm should be relinked automatically?
> 
> In 2.6.30, the symlink is finally no longer needed, so maybe we
> should simply drop it to solve this problem as well.
>

With the note to set ARCH='<whatever>' either in the environment
or on the command line beforehand.
Sort of a "belt and suspenders" suggestion.

Mike 
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Re: "make config" to another architecture doesn't relink include/asm

[Robert P. J. Day]

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On Sat, 23 May 2009, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> On Friday 22 May 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   shouldn't it be sufficient that, if i do another "make
> > ??_defconfig" to another architecture, all traces of the previous
> > configure are erased and include/asm should be relinked
> > automatically?

> In 2.6.30, the symlink is finally no longer needed, so maybe we
> should simply drop it to solve this problem as well.

  or that could work, too.  :-)

rday
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