Re: Compile Question

2009-04-06 Thread Martyn Welch
Stoyan Gaydarov wrote: I compiled my kernel(for x86_64) and i was wondering why it had to create an x86_64 directory under the arch directory? I assume that it is creating the directory so that binary objects, created by the build, can be placed there rather than the x86 directory. This may

Re: Compile Question

2009-04-06 Thread Thomas De Schampheleire
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Stoyan Gaydarov stoyboy...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Rohit Sharma imreckl...@gmail.com wrote: Linux supports many architectures for its portability. So architecture specific codes resides in arch directory. Ya i know that but there should

Compile Question

2009-04-05 Thread Stoyan Gaydarov
I compiled my kernel(for x86_64) and i was wondering why it had to create an x86_64 directory under the arch directory? PS. This may have been caused by the packaging script but i am also not sure how to check (.deb packaging) -- -Stoyan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with

Re: Compile Question

2009-04-05 Thread Rohit Sharma
Linux supports many architectures for its portability. So architecture specific codes resides in arch directory. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Stoyan Gaydarov stoyboy...@gmail.com wrote: I compiled my kernel(for x86_64) and i was wondering why it had to create an x86_64 directory under the

Re: Compile Question

2009-04-05 Thread Stoyan Gaydarov
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Rohit Sharma imreckl...@gmail.com wrote: Linux supports many architectures for its portability. So architecture specific codes resides in arch directory. Ya i know that but there should not be an x86_64 directory just the x86 one...these were combined some time