[8020] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: SCSI Makefile cleanup
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (willy@thepuffingroup.com)
Sun Feb 6 17:26:06 2000
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 17:21:25 -0500
From: willy@thepuffingroup.com
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Eric Youngdale <eric@andante.org>, linux-kbuild@torque.net,
linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Message-ID: <20000206172125.C517@thepuffingroup.com>
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In-Reply-To: <389DEB75.8AF0586@mandrakesoft.com>; from Jeff Garzik on Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 04:45:25PM -0500
On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 04:45:25PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
> >
> > > I was kind of thinking that a better way of doing this is to use a
> > > special ELF section that contains the initializer. Then hosts.c would just
> >
> > That facility already exists and I believe Jeff Garzik has scsi on his
> > current hit list for it. So the order will matter real soon now.
>
> Yep. After I update a bunch of drivers there will be another initcall
> bombing run
OK, since you'll be hammering on the scsi drivers through the makefile
checking it all works, can I ask you to apply the Makefile patch first and
test the whole shebang? I have tested it a little, but not a large chunk.
Any suggestions on which Makefile to tackle next? I was planning on
romping through the rest of the drivers/ directory, maybe drivers/block
next.
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