Make system is a bit broken in the sense that it recompiles and links right after a build even if nothing changed.
I have # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set make output after a fully built tree: { // these are expected off course GEN /usr0/export/dev/bharrosh/git/pub/linux-2.6-block/.build_i386/Makefile CHK include/linux/version.h CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h Using /usr0/export/dev/bharrosh/git/pub/linux-2.6-block as source for kernel CALL /usr0/export/dev/bharrosh/git/pub/linux-2.6-block/scripts/checksyscalls.sh CHK include/linux/compile.h } { // these cause a recompilation and relink AS arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall-int80_32.o AS arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall-sysenter_32.o SYSCALL arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall-syms.o SYSCALL arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall-int80_32.so SYSCALL arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall-sysenter_32.so AS arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_32.o } LD arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o GEN .version ... CC init/version.o LD init/built-in.o LD .tmp_vmlinux1 KSYM .tmp_kallsyms1.S AS .tmp_kallsyms1.o LD .tmp_vmlinux2 KSYM .tmp_kallsyms2.S AS .tmp_kallsyms2.o LD .tmp_vmlinux3 KSYM .tmp_kallsyms3.S AS .tmp_kallsyms3.o LD vmlinux.o MODPOST vmlinux.o .... I'm cross compiling on an x86_64 fedora7 machine. with make ARCH=i386 KBUILD_OUTPUT=.build_i386 allmodconfig and make ARCH=i386 KBUILD_OUTPUT=.build_i386 Other wise after an mrproper all is well and booting and the dir structure looks much better Thanks Boaz - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/