Re: kbuild: Separate ouput directory support

From: Mike Fedyk
Date: Tue Aug 19 2003 - 17:26:12 EST


On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:56:56PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 05:53:33PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Is it possible, with your patches, to build from a kernel tree on a
> > read-only medium?
>
> Yes, thats possible. But I have seen that as a secondary possibility.
> But I know people has asked about the possibility to build a kernel
> from src located on a CD. And thats possible with this patch.

That also means you can run multiple builds over nfs or even on the same
machine from the same tree (or a different tree, that was cp -al and then
patched).

Thanks.

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