Re: Kernel build issues after yesterdays merge by Linus

[Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>]

Hi Tony,

> > Shows how much we use make install :) Below is a quick hack to get
> > you going but we should look at either fixing the Ubuntu
> > installkernel to handle extra optional args, or stop passing them
> > from the ppc64 kernel install.sh script.
> 
> It seems like passign the zImage files is probably wrong.  How about:

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index ccc25ed..146d898 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ $(obj)/zImage.initrd:	$(addprefix $(obj)/, $(initrd-y))
 	@rm -f $@; ln $< $@
 
 install: $(CONFIGURE) $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(image-y))
-	sh -x $(srctree)/$(src)/install.sh "$(KERNELRELEASE)" vmlinux System.map "$(INSTALL_PATH)" $^
+	sh -x $(srctree)/$(src)/install.sh "$(KERNELRELEASE)" vmlinux System.map "$(INSTALL_PATH)"
 
 # anything not in $(targets)
 clean-files += $(image-) $(initrd-) cuImage.* dtbImage.* treeImage.* \


Looks reasonable to me. Grant added this back in commit 29f1aff2 (powerpc:
Copy bootable images in the default install script) but the other archs have
gone in a different direction and created make zinstall targets.

Anton