Keith Owens wrote:
>
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:02:03 -0800,
> LA Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >This seems to serialize the delete, run the mod-installs in parallel, then run the
> >depmod when they are done.
>
> It works, until somebody does this
>
> make -j 4 modules modules_install
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But that doesn't work now.
> There is not, and never has been, any interlock between make modules
> and make modules_install. If you let modules_install run in parallel
> then people will be tempted to issue the incorrect command above
> instead of the required separate commands.
---
>
> make -j 4 modules
> make -j 4 modules_install
>
> You gain a few seconds on module_install but leave more room for user
> error.
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A bit of documentation at the beginning of the Makefile would do wonders
for kernel-developer (not end user, please!) clarity. I've oft'asked the question
as to what really is supported. I've tried things like make dep bzImage modules --
I noticed it didn't work fairly quickly. Same with modules/modules_install --
people would probably figure that one out, but just a bit of documentation would
help even that.
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Linda A Walsh | Trust Technology, Core Linux, SGI
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