Re: [PATCH] get rid of the last symlink in uml build

Sam Ravnborg
2008-12-17T17:16:43Z

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 05:02:57PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> BTW, after taking a look at the remaing asm-*...
>
> * frv, m32r and h8300 should be as trivial as git mv

Yep - I already have positive feedback from arch maintainers that
they will fix it in the -rc1 timeframe.

> * m68k has a bit of extra PITA - we need to clean up two non-trivial
> includes from m68knommu (pci.h and setup.h) first, then it's a matter
> of git mv, adding arch/m68k/include to search path on m68knommu and
> removal of dummy headers from the latter.

I took a different route here and unified the headers for m68k and m68knommu
under arch/m68k/include/asm
It was based on a script originally developed by Arnd Bergmann.

Geert already acked it, and I expect Greg to apply it in the -rc1 timeframe.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kbuild&m=122927123805002&w=2 has Geert's ack,
but original patch did not hit marc?!?

> * xtensa is already moved in linux-next
Yes.

> * arm seems to be lacking the final push for few remaining headers; presumably
> will happen eventually
rmk knows it and takes care.

> * mn10300 is playing with symlinks - the last one to do that for headers,
> AFAICS.
>
> I've thrown together a patch series on top of linux-next doing m68k and
> mn10300. *WARNING* - it's completely untested, basically about half an
> hour diversion from sifting through the mailbox for missed VFS patches.
> And that half and hour did *not* include anything resembling building
> the resulting tree. So take that with a trainload of salt.
Thanks Al.
I will take a closer look at the mn10300 bits and send them to David
in due time.

Sam