Re: [PATCH 0/4] x86, kbuild: Some improvements for fdimage/isoimage generation

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sun Nov 05 2017 - 04:38:01 EST



* changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> This serias is a expansion of below original patch after discussion with Ingo
> and Yamada.
> [PATCH] x86, build: Improve the isolinux searching of isoimage generation
>
> Changbin Du (4):
> x86, build: Fact out fdimage/isoimage generation commands to
> standalone script
> x86, build: Add new paths for isolinux.bin and ldlinux.c32
> x86, build: Specify -input-charset=utf-8 for mkisofs
> x86, boot: Add some generated files to the .gitignore file
>
> arch/x86/boot/.gitignore | 3 ++
> arch/x86/boot/Makefile | 59 +++++------------------
> arch/x86/boot/genimage.sh | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/x86/boot/genimage.sh

Very nice - it looks good to me with the edits I suggested.

Would be nice if the kbuild maintainers could take a look as well - is this how
boot image construction should be done at the arch level?

Thanks,

Ingo