From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 20 May 2002 23:41:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 20 May 2002 23:41:16 -0400 Received: from aslan.scsiguy.com ([63.229.232.106]:9742 "EHLO aslan.scsiguy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 20 May 2002 23:41:16 -0400 Message-Id: <200205210338.g4L3cn947655@aslan.scsiguy.com> To: Peter Chubb cc: trivial@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Allow aic7xx firmware to be built from BK tree. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 May 2002 11:19:36 +1000." <15593.41128.652928.573561@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 21:38:49 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > >This patch removes the two generate files (that are also in the >distributed kernel) before attempting to regenerate them. Why is this necessary? >The real question is, why are there generated files distributed with >the kernel source? Because, as I found out when I first contributed this driver, not everyone has the tools necessary to build the assembler required to generate these files. -- Justin