[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/8] linux: use the depmod built in HOST_DIR

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at uclibc.org
Wed Feb 1 11:49:16 UTC 2012


>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:

 >> Committed, thanks. Not released to this patch, but is the LZMA stuff
 >> still used/needed?

 Thomas> It has been added by
 Thomas> http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/target/linux/Makefile.in?id=ea8b1fa6a60705eedc5bd4f405f45c8f531c2126,
 Thomas> which is a bit limited in details on why it was needed. I guess the
 Thomas> goal was to tell the Linux build process to use the lzma utility built
 Thomas> for the host by Buildroot, in case the Linux kernel is built (or the
 Thomas> initramfs) with LZMA compression. But that remains to be verified.

Yes, I know - But I don't see anything using it right away grepping the
kernel. I just wondered if anyone remembered what it was used for (and
if it still is)?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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