From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 23 May 2002 12:01:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 23 May 2002 12:01:45 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([212.71.160.16]:34063 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 May 2002 12:01:44 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 18:01:36 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: Martin Dalecki , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kb25 manual [was Re: [Linux-usb-users] Re: What to do with all of the USB UHCI drivers in the kernel?] Message-ID: <20020523160136.GC24260@louise.pinerecords.com> In-Reply-To: <20020523154252.GA24260@louise.pinerecords.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i X-OS: GNU/Linux 2.2.21 SMP X-Architecture: sparc X-Uptime: 19:02 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > | > BTW> one of the reasons I never bothered myself with kbuild-2.5 > | > is for example that nio matter how frequently Keith > | > is advertising it - every time I go there to have a look at it > | > at sf what I find is a scatter heap of .tar.gz. The documentation > | > about how to install it makes me nervous, since I would > | > rather just expect a diff and a README how to use it, so I never > | > look after it. > | > | Duh... All you need is the core package (diff #1), the architecture > | independent modifications package (diff #2) and finally diff #3 that > | adds the arch-specific stuff. Everything's in a single list on sf. > | > | then just do s/t like > | cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-pre8 && zcat \ > | ../kbuild-2.5-core-14.gz \ > | ../kbuild-2.5-common-2.4.19-pre8-1.gz \ > | ../kbuild-2.5-i386-2.4.19-pre8-1.gz \ > | | patch -sp1 > | > | and read the comprehensive manual in Documentation/kbuild/ > | > | What's there to be nervous about? > > so there should just be a short, simple readme about how to > install and use it -- not one that is 2400 lines long. > Other than that, I like it. How about submitting one to Keith yourself then? :) No really, I don't think there's a problem with the manual. If you just want to learn how to compile a kernel, you can skim thru the first section of the file in under 30 seconds. > Other than that, I like it. Who doesn't. I mean, apart from Wayne Brown who hates to have to remember to issue simpler commands. ;) T.