Re: [KBUILD] Adding vendor drivers...
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Keith Owens wrote: > On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 07:11:01 -0500 (CDT), > Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >So, when a vendor has to add a new driver, especially with the new-style > >makefiles, you have a one-line patch to a makefile, a one-line patch to > >a Config.in, and a patch which adds the driver to the tree. > > Jeff, before making any more suggestions about the kernel build system, > please see ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/kbuild/, > makefile-wishlist-2.5-x.bz2. Your idea plus many others are already on > the wishlist for the 2.5 kernel build redesign. This is a vendor feature, MDK needs this for 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels. It will exist before 2.5.x one way or another. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [KBUILD] Adding vendor drivers...
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 07:11:01 -0500 (CDT), Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So, when a vendor has to add a new driver, especially with the new-style >makefiles, you have a one-line patch to a makefile, a one-line patch to >a Config.in, and a patch which adds the driver to the tree. Jeff, before making any more suggestions about the kernel build system, please see ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/kbuild/, makefile-wishlist-2.5-x.bz2. Your idea plus many others are already on the wishlist for the 2.5 kernel build redesign. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [KBUILD] Adding vendor drivers...
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 07:11:01 -0500 (CDT), Jeff Garzik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, when a vendor has to add a new driver, especially with the new-style makefiles, you have a one-line patch to a makefile, a one-line patch to a Config.in, and a patch which adds the driver to the tree. Jeff, before making any more suggestions about the kernel build system, please see ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/kbuild/, makefile-wishlist-2.5-x.bz2. Your idea plus many others are already on the wishlist for the 2.5 kernel build redesign. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [KBUILD] Adding vendor drivers...
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Keith Owens wrote: On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 07:11:01 -0500 (CDT), Jeff Garzik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, when a vendor has to add a new driver, especially with the new-style makefiles, you have a one-line patch to a makefile, a one-line patch to a Config.in, and a patch which adds the driver to the tree. Jeff, before making any more suggestions about the kernel build system, please see ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/kbuild/, makefile-wishlist-2.5-x.bz2. Your idea plus many others are already on the wishlist for the 2.5 kernel build redesign. This is a vendor feature, MDK needs this for 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels. It will exist before 2.5.x one way or another. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
