Re: linux-2.6 - patches

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

Hi Bastian,

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Bastian Blank wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> I intend to make some patches to make our lives easier:
> - Always specify correct -m32/-m64.
>  Effected arches:
>  - i386
>  - ppc, ppc64 (uses weird check for biarch compiler)
>  - sparc64
>  - x86_64

Is there any practical reason to do that? As I understand, currently 
kernel-package takes care of that, so I'd rather see the compiler checks 
moved there.

> - Always build asm-offsets.s in the prepare target.
>  Effected arches:
>  - arm
>  - sparc64

There is currently no prepare target in debian/rules. Can you give some 
more details? Anything that will make the situation with asm-offsets.s is, 
of course, welcome.

Best regards,

Jurij Smakov                                        jurij@wooyd.org
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