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Josh Saddler wrote: |
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> There are two other things that I want to change for this release, both |
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> related to kernels. |
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> |
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> 1) kick out any and all code references to 2.4 kernels, assuming none |
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> are available for that arch -- note that things like vanilla-sources |
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> (which may have been a 2.4 kernel package) are unsupported. 2.6 only as |
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> much as possible. |
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> |
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> 2) update kernel install directions: no more "cp vmlinuz foo" or any |
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> more "cp arch/whatever bar". let's get this thing modernized. No need |
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> for it; a simple "make && make modules_install && make install" does the |
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> whole thing for you, no manual intervention is required, beyond reading |
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> grub.conf to make sure it's pointed to kernel /vmlinuz. "make install" |
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> is much better than the cp crap. |
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I don't have a problem with the "cp crap". It's obvious what it |
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does and make install doesn't work on all architectures. "make |
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install" isn't as explicit and may introduce other issues. |
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-Joe |
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