> 1) Linux-Core-2.3.x.tar.gz - contains the 100% portable core of kernel
> 2) Linux-Arch-<cpu>-2.3.x.tar.gz - contains the architecture specifics
> i.e Linux-Arch-ia32-2.3.x,
> Linux-Arch-ia64-2.3.x,
> Linux-Arch-mips-2.3.x ... and so forth.
> 3) Linux-Drivers-<cpu>-2.3.x - contains the drivers for that architecture
> ie. Linux-Drivers-ia32... you get the idea.
>
> The idea behind this is to make it easier for people to download just the
> components they want for their particular architecture, instead of
>
> Any comments?
This will mean more breakages as of the 2.1.110 vmalloc()
breakage for non-x86 machines.
Currently people grep the entire source tree to see if
anything is affected by their changes and (often) try
to adapt other architectures too, when needed. Not having
other arch's sources around will cause more breakages and
more trouble.
It might be a good idea for stable kernels though, where
people download one kernel to just compile it on their
production machine. (OTOH, those folks usually get their
kernels on CD anyway)
Rik.
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