[lug] Kernel 2.4.18 for C3-based board

[D. Stimits]

Ferdinand Schmid wrote:
> 
> "D. Stimits" wrote:
> >
> > Ferdinand Schmid wrote:
> > >
> > > "Scott A. Herod" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I recently installed RH 7.3 on a new Via board that I got.  Installation
> > > > was fine and the board works well. ( Except for the XF86 4.2.0 trident
> > > > driver over the RCA video output.  X with vesa works though. )  I did
> > > <snip>
> > > >     make mrproper
> > > >     cp configs/kernel-2.4.18-i686.config .config
> > > >     make xconfig ( Save and exit with no changes )
> > > >     make clean; make dep; make; make modules; make modules_install
> > >
> > > Why do you need the make statement after make dep?
> > ...
> >
> > "make dep" only sets up dependencies based on the config file. It builds
> > nothing at all, the kernel and modules are still missing after make dep.
> > Unless of course they were compiled before, in which case you now have
> > the wrong kernel and/or modules (make mrproper is the way to solve
> > that).
> I referred to the blank make statement.  I never do more than this line:
> make dep; make clean; make bzImage; make modules; make modules_install
> Scott had an extra make without parameters in his command line.

So I see. I guess that means it does the top default line, or all, which
turns to "do-it-all", which in turn does depend, config, and vmlinux
(which in turn does other things it seems). It does seem extraneous, a
make bzImage would be good in that case.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com