* [Patch] x86: remove i386/x86_64 bzImage symlinks
@ 2011-08-18 5:19 WANG Cong
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From: WANG Cong @ 2011-08-18 5:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: akpm, WANG Cong, Thomas Gleixner, Randy Dunlap, Ingo Molnar,
H. Peter Anvin, x86, linux-doc
These symlinks are unnecessary and scheduled to be removed
for a long time.
I test this patch on Fedora, nothing breaks, but I am not
sure about other distros.
Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index c4a6e14..cf59e83 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -253,16 +253,6 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
---------------------------
-What: i386/x86_64 bzImage symlinks
-When: April 2010
-
-Why: The i386/x86_64 merge provides a symlink to the old bzImage
- location so not yet updated user space tools, e.g. package
- scripts, do not break.
-Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
-
----------------------------
-
What: GPIO autorequest on gpio_direction_{input,output}() in gpiolib
When: February 2010
Why: All callers should use explicit gpio_request()/gpio_free().
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index b02e509..5401a3c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_DECODER_SELFTEST),y)
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/tools posttest
endif
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(KBUILD_IMAGE)
- $(Q)mkdir -p $(objtree)/arch/$(UTS_MACHINE)/boot
- $(Q)ln -fsn ../../x86/boot/bzImage $(objtree)/arch/$(UTS_MACHINE)/boot/$@
$(BOOT_TARGETS): vmlinux
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $@
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