Re: Linux 2.6.23-rc9 and a heads-up for the 2.6.24 series..

[Ingo Molnar]

* Alistair John Strachan <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tuesday 02 October 2007 04:41:49 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> [snip]
> > In other words, people who know they may be affected and would want to
> > prepare can look at (for example)
> >
> > 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-2.6-x86.git x86
> >
> > and generally get ready for the switch-over.
> 
> This is certainly a tool issue, but if I use Debian's kernel-image "make-kpkg" 
> wrapper around the kernel build system, it fails with:
> 
> cp: cannot stat `arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage': No such file or directory
> 
> Obviously, this file has moved to arch/x86/boot, but it seems like 
> possibly unnecessary breakage. I've been copying bzImage for years 
> from arch/x86_64/boot, and I'm sure there's a handful of scripts 
> (other than Debian's kernel-image) doing this too.
> 
> For now, I hacked the tool[1]. Maybe, if we care, a symlink could be 
> set up between arch/x86/boot and arch/$ARCH/boot ? Or would papering 
> over this be more trouble than it's worth?

yeah, a symlink is the right solution i think. Our first-step goal is to 
make the switchover seamless for all practical purposes, and a 
compatibility symlink in arch/i386/boot/ will not hurt. (we shouldnt 
worry about the really old zImage target though)

	Ingo
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