RE: [PATCH 0/3] x86 disk image and modules initramfs generation

2021-04-20 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Ok... not really sure how this relates to my patch. You are mentioned three separate things: modules, headers, and enough of the kernel machinery to build out of tree modules. The latter it normally done with a tree that corresponds to the state after build + "make clean"; which I *believe* is t

RE: [PATCH 0/3] x86 disk image and modules initramfs generation

2021-04-20 Thread David Laight
From: H. Peter Anvin > Sent: 20 April 2021 00:03 > > When compiling on a different machine than the runtime target, > including but not limited to simulators, it is rather handy to be able > to produce a bootable image. The scripts for that in x86 are > relatively old, and assume a BIOS system. I