Re: [uPATCH] Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-12-01 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Marc Mutz] > > +TOPDIR := $(shell pwd -P) > That is specific to the bash builtin 'pwd'. GNU sh-util's pwd does > not know that option (at least not my version, which is: "pwd (GNU > sh-utils) 1.16") It passed my 5-second shell feature portability test (ash). Checking again, I see that the

Re: [uPATCH] Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-12-01 Thread Marc Mutz
Peter Samuelson wrote: > > +TOPDIR := $(shell pwd -P) That is specific to the bash builtin 'pwd'. GNU sh-util's pwd does not know that option (at least not my version, which is: "pwd (GNU sh-utils) 1.16") I just wanted to note that... Marc -- Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[uPATCH] Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-12-01 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Should that not be first converted to paths that contain no symlinks? I agree. --- Makefile~ Tue Nov 28 21:53:31 2000 +++ MakefileFri Dec 1 12:25:28 2000 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CONFIG_SHELL := $(shell if [ -x "$$BASH" ]; then echo $$BASH; \ else

Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-12-01 Thread Marc Mutz
Peter Samuelson wrote: > > Many people limit their e-mail messages to 80 columns. What for? > CF'mon, linebreaks are bloat! Those extra characters all around :-) > The 'build' symlink is to make it easier for external module > installation scripts to find the build directory for a given

Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-12-01 Thread Marc Mutz
Peter Samuelson wrote: snip Many people limit their e-mail messages to 80 columns. What for? CF'mon, linebreaks are bloat! Those extra characters all around :-) The 'build' symlink is to make it easier for external module installation scripts to find the build directory for a given

[uPATCH] Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-12-01 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Marc Mutz [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Should that not be first converted to paths that contain no symlinks? I agree. --- Makefile~ Tue Nov 28 21:53:31 2000 +++ MakefileFri Dec 1 12:25:28 2000 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CONFIG_SHELL := $(shell if [ -x "$$BASH" ]; then echo $$BASH; \ else if [

Re: [uPATCH] Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-12-01 Thread Marc Mutz
Peter Samuelson wrote: snip +TOPDIR := $(shell pwd -P) snip That is specific to the bash builtin 'pwd'. GNU sh-util's pwd does not know that option (at least not my version, which is: "pwd (GNU sh-utils) 1.16") I just wanted to note that... Marc -- Marc Mutz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [uPATCH] Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-12-01 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Marc Mutz] +TOPDIR := $(shell pwd -P) That is specific to the bash builtin 'pwd'. GNU sh-util's pwd does not know that option (at least not my version, which is: "pwd (GNU sh-utils) 1.16") It passed my 5-second shell feature portability test (ash). Checking again, I see that the ash

Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-11-30 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Android] > 1) There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build->/usr/src/linuxcreated by the >Makefile (make modules_install). What for? Many people limit their e-mail messages to 80 columns. What for? The 'build' symlink is to make it easier for external module installation scripts to find

Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-11-30 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Android] 1) There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build-/usr/src/linuxcreated by the Makefile (make modules_install). What for? Many people limit their e-mail messages to 80 columns. What for? The 'build' symlink is to make it easier for external module installation scripts to find the

Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-11-29 Thread Android
1) There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build->/usr/src/linuxcreated by the Makefile (make modules_install). What for?   2)  (Answered)   3)  (Answered)   4) Some of the device special files are missing when using devfs. devfsd is running (loaded at the beginning of rc.S by init).

Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-11-29 Thread Android
1) There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build->/usr/src/linuxcreated by the Makefile (make modules_install). What for?   2)  (Answered)   3)  (Answered)   4) Some of the device special files are missing when using devfs. devfsd is running (loaded at the beginning of rc.S by init).

Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-11-29 Thread Android
1) There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build-/usr/src/linuxcreated by the Makefile (make modules_install). What for? 2) (Answered) 3) (Answered) 4) Some of the device special files are missing when using devfs. devfsd is running (loaded at the beginning of rc.S by init). There was

Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.*

2000-11-29 Thread Android
1) There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build-/usr/src/linuxcreated by the Makefile (make modules_install). What for? 2) (Answered) 3) (Answered) 4) Some of the device special files are missing when using devfs. devfsd is running (loaded at the beginning of rc.S by init). There was

Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.?

2000-11-27 Thread Android
- Original Message - From: Android To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 2:20 PM Subject: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.? 1) There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build->/usr/src/linux created by the Makefile (make modules_inst

Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.?

2000-11-27 Thread Android
- Original Message - From: Android To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 2:20 PM Subject: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.? 1) There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build-/usr/src/linux created by the Makefile (make modules_install

Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.?

2000-11-25 Thread Keith Owens
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 14:20:39 -0800, "Android" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build->/usr/src/linux >created by the Makefile (make modules_install). >What for? depmod doesn't like this link. It gets confused. grep modutils Documentation/Changes - To

Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.?

2000-11-25 Thread Android
There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build->/usr/src/linux created by the Makefile (make modules_install).What for? depmod doesn't like this link. It gets confused.   Lines missing from /usr/src/linux/include/asm/uaccess.h:   #define put_user_ret(x,ptr,ret) ({ if (put_user(x,ptr))

Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.?

2000-11-25 Thread Android
There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build-/usr/src/linux created by the Makefile (make modules_install).What for? depmod doesn't like this link. It gets confused. Lines missing from /usr/src/linux/include/asm/uaccess.h: #define put_user_ret(x,ptr,ret) ({ if (put_user(x,ptr)) return

Re: Questions about Kernel 2.4.0.?

2000-11-25 Thread Keith Owens
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 14:20:39 -0800, "Android" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a link in /lib/modules/2.4.0.11: build-/usr/src/linux created by the Makefile (make modules_install). What for? depmod doesn't like this link. It gets confused. grep modutils Documentation/Changes - To unsubscribe