From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 21:36:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 21:36:43 -0400 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:43436 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 21:36:34 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 03:20:47 +0200 From: "J . A . Magallon" To: Keith Owens Cc: "Justin T . Gibbs" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Cleanup kbuild for aic7xxx Message-ID: <20010623032047.A14928@werewolf.able.es> In-Reply-To: <200106221939.f5MJdjU78255@aslan.scsiguy.com> <10972.993257428@ocs3.ocs-net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <10972.993257428@ocs3.ocs-net>; from kaos@ocs.com.au on Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 02:50:28 +0200 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.1.6-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 20010623 Keith Owens wrote: > >>What again are you trying to fix? It looks to me like you are simply >>trying to make it harder for people actually working on the aic7xxx >>driver to have proper dependencies. > >The patch still works for anybody changing the aic7xxx firmware or the >aicasm code. Any change to the generated files or the aicasm files now >forces a rebuild, the option is not required. Only people changing >aic7xxx firmware are affected, instead of everybody. > It is easier than that. Nobody should be rebuilding the firmware apart from driver mantainers. If driver version in 2.4.5 is 6.1.13, that version includes a certain firmware in .h format and that is all. Apart from this, the author (Justin) can make available in his web page one other package for driver testers or developers including aicasm and firmware source. But that should not be in the kernel tree. If there are updates to the firmware, just send the patch for .h files to kernel mantainers and/or lkml, as everybody does. This is easier, doesn't it ? -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:jamagallon@able.es Mandrake Linux release 8.1 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.5-ac17 #2 SMP Fri Jun 22 01:36:07 CEST 2001 i686