Re: source dependencies cleanup? [was: Re: Linux-2.0.27 and 2.1.14]

Miguel de Icaza (miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx)
04 Dec 1996 19:37:14 -0600

> On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
> >
> > > Just go back to the old depend maker. The 2.1.14 one is badly broken in
> > > its assumption that all includes exist for all architectures
> >
> > hmm, the asm/* files are almost the same for all platforms. Maybe it would
> > make sense to split up dependencies in the arch directory and in the main
> > kernel tree?

They are similar, but not quite the same. They have some subtle
differences.

Ingo said:

> > In cases where there is a missing dependency, it might make sense to have
> > a dummy include file... a placeholder. The c source would be simplified by
> > having fewer conditionals.
>
> i think it would be a bit unclear why we have 'vm86.h' in asm-sparc?

Do we? I can't find that thingie around in my sparc tree, maybe a new
addition. I bet Alan added that one for one of his crazy project :-).

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