>> > On popular request 'make install' no longer try to update vmlinux.
>> > This is to avoid errornous recompilation when installing the kernel
>> > as root especially when fetching kernel via nfs where path may have
>> > changed.
>> 
>> That's frigging annoying. It's worked that way for ages, and all our
>> scripts assume it works. 
> 
> The reason to put it in -mm is to check how things are used.

Heh, good plan - except it got sent upstream rather quickly ;-)

> I will change it back and add an:
> make kernel_install
> 
> kernel_install is then analogous to modules_install

Splendid. thanks very much. Apologies for being in a pissy mood - is one
of those days where NOTHING works ;-)

M.

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