[kbuild-devel] Some feedback on using kbuild

2002-06-23 Thread Jak
Keith, thanks for your previous reply. ( Re: kbuild2.5 does not actually install vmlinux for debugging as claimed ) Here are some more questions/observations on using kbuild : I hope this kind of feedback is useful. 1) what version of make ? Makefile-2.5 suggests I need at least 3.79.1

[kbuild-devel] PATCH 2.5: kconfig missing EXPERIMENTAL 2 (1/7)

2002-06-23 Thread Greg Banks
Three symbols CONFIG_SCSI_CUMANA_1, CONFIG_SCSI_ECOSCSI, and CONFIG_SCSI_OAK1 depend on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL but do not say so in their banners. diff -ruN linux-2.5.21+patches3/drivers/acorn/scsi/Config.in linux-2.5.21/drivers/acorn/scsi/Config.in ---

[kbuild-devel] PATCH 2.5: kconfig use of $ARCH (1/12)

2002-06-23 Thread Greg Banks
Use of the $ARCH variable is undocumented; the alpha port defines the bool constant CONFIG_ALPHA for this purpose. diff -ruN linux-2.5.21+trivial/drivers/char/ftape/Config.in linux-2.5.21/drivers/char/ftape/Config.in --- linux-2.5.21+trivial/drivers/char/ftape/Config.in Wed Jun 12 17:34:51

[kbuild-devel] PATCH 2.5: kconfig use of $ARCH (2/12)

2002-06-23 Thread Greg Banks
Use of the $ARCH variable is undocumented; the alpha port defines the bool constant CONFIG_ALPHA for this purpose. diff -ruN linux-2.5.21+trivial/fs/partitions/Config.in linux-2.5.21/fs/partitions/Config.in --- linux-2.5.21+trivial/fs/partitions/Config.inWed Jun 12 17:34:51 2002 +++

[kbuild-devel] PATCH 2.5: kconfig use of $ARCH (4/12)

2002-06-23 Thread Greg Banks
Use of the $ARCH variable is undocumented; the sparc and sparc64 ports define the bool constants CONFIG_SPARC32 and CONFIG_SPARC64 respectively for this purpose. diff -ruN linux-2.5.21+trivial/drivers/fc4/Config.in linux-2.5.21/drivers/fc4/Config.in ---

[kbuild-devel] PATCH 2.5: kconfig use of $ARCH (6/12)

2002-06-23 Thread Greg Banks
Use of the $ARCH variable is undocumented; the sparc and sparc64 ports define the bool constants CONFIG_SPARC32 and CONFIG_SPARC64 respectively for this purpose. diff -ruN linux-2.5.21+trivial/drivers/sbus/char/Config.in linux-2.5.21/drivers/sbus/char/Config.in ---

[kbuild-devel] PATCH 2.5: kconfig use of $ARCH (9/12)

2002-06-23 Thread Greg Banks
Use of the $ARCH variable is undocumented; the sparc and sparc64 ports define the bool constants CONFIG_SPARC32 and CONFIG_SPARC64 respectively for this purpose. diff -ruN linux-2.5.21+trivial/drivers/video/Config.in linux-2.5.21/drivers/video/Config.in ---

[kbuild-devel] PATCH: kconfig choice defaults 2 (2/3)

2002-06-23 Thread Greg Banks
The default value specified as the last word of the choice statement should be a unique abbreviation of one of the sub-prompts. Using one of the sub-symbols is not legal. Fix 'Nino Model Number'. [Rusty: this is 2/3 partial resends of 'PATCH: kconfig choice defaults (1/2)'] diff -ruN

[kbuild-devel] PATCH: kconfig choice defaults 2 (3/3)

2002-06-23 Thread Greg Banks
The default value specified as the last word of the choice statement should be a unique abbreviation of one of the sub-prompts. Using one of the sub-symbols is not legal. Fix 'Type of PHY'. [Rusty: this is 3/3 partial resends of 'PATCH: kconfig choice defaults (1/2)'] diff -ruN

[kbuild-devel] PATCH 2.5: kconfig missing EXPERIMENTAL 2 (2/7)

2002-06-23 Thread Greg Banks
Symbol CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL but does not say so in its banner. diff -ruN linux-2.5.21+patches3/drivers/video/Config.in linux-2.5.21/drivers/video/Config.in --- linux-2.5.21+patches3/drivers/video/Config.in Sun Jun 16 14:15:27 2002 +++

Re: [kbuild-devel] Some feedback on using kbuild

2002-06-23 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:41:28AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: Why do you see so much added value in kbuild support for shadow trees compared to what a proper SCM tool give you? For my (linux on s390) purpose, shadow trees are the most important feature of kb25, because they allow us to

Re: [kbuild-devel] Some feedback on using kbuild

2002-06-23 Thread Keith Owens
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:14:58 +0200, Sam Ravnborg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 11:54:29PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote: Linus and Kai do not think that shadow trees are useful. I have given up explaining why they are useful. Now I am waiting until Kai hits a dead end using

[kbuild-devel] XFS 2.4.19-pre10 and kbuild 2.5

2002-06-23 Thread Jrg Prante
Hi, I am trying to build XFS from CVS (2.4.19-pre10) with the backport of kbuild 2.5 by Paul P Komkoff Jr http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0206.0/0044.html Unfortunately, the build structure in XFS CVS for the 2.4 kernel is giving me headache. It looks like these are simply the