From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from static-71-162-243-5.phlapa.fios.verizon.net ([71.162.243.5]:35399 "EHLO grelber.thyrsus.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753643AbZLHPQg (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:16:36 -0500 From: Rob Landley Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] clean out Perl from build system. Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:08:06 -0600 References: <200912080317.08254.rob@landley.net> <4B1E290A.8040005@suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <4B1E290A.8040005@suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200912080908.06875.rob@landley.net> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Michal Marek Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 08 December 2009 04:23:06 Michal Marek wrote: > On 8.12.2009 10:17, Rob Landley wrote: > > Perl was introduced as a build dependency in 2.6.25. My cross-compile > > environment does not use perl, so ever since then I've patched it back > > out. > > > > With these patches I've personally built kernels for x86, x86_64, arm, > > mips, powerpc, sparc, sh4, and m68k. > > Hi Rob, > > you should CC linux-kbuild@ on patches like this (added now, the whole > series is at http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/8/93). > > Michal Thanks. LWN said Sam Ravnborg was stepping down, and I haven't kept up with who's in charge now. Rob -- Latency is more important than throughput. It's that simple. - Linus Torvalds