RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] (revised slightly) create kernel symlinksin /boot

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > bzzt.  What if /boot and $(INSTALL_DIR)/boot are different 
> partitions?
> Oops, forgot to change that, fixed.  Needless to say, most of my boxes
> have a pretty flat filesystem :)

What's wrong with:
ln -s vmlinuz-$(FULLVERSION) $(INSTALL_DIR)/boot/vmlinuz-$(EXTRAVERSION)

In any event, wouldn't it be better to have a link from e.g.

vmlinux-2.6-xen0 -> vmlinuz-2.6.10-xen0 etc?

Am I missing the point of what you're proposing?

Ian

 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Paul Larson
> plars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.linuxtestproject.org
> 
> diff -Nru a/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xen0
> b/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xen0
> --- a/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xen0  2005-01-21 10:54:17 -06:00
> +++ b/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xen0  2005-01-21 10:54:17 -06:00
> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
>           $(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR) ARCH=xen 
> INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(INSTALL_DIR)
> modules_install ; \
>       fi
>       $(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR) ARCH=xen 
> INSTALL_PATH=$(INSTALL_DIR) install
> +     ln $(INSTALL_DIR)/boot/vmlinuz-$(FULLVERSION) \
> +         $(INSTALL_DIR)/boot/vmlinuz-$(EXTRAVERSION)
>  
>  $(LINUX_DIR)/include/linux/autoconf.h: pristine-linux-$(LINUX_VER)
>       rm -rf $(LINUX_DIR)
> diff -Nru a/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xenU
> b/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xenU
> --- a/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xenU  2005-01-21 10:54:17 -06:00
> +++ b/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xenU  2005-01-21 10:54:17 -06:00
> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
>           $(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR) ARCH=xen 
> INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(INSTALL_DIR)
> modules_install ; \
>       fi
>       $(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR) ARCH=xen 
> INSTALL_PATH=$(INSTALL_DIR) install
> +     ln $(INSTALL_DIR)/boot/vmlinuz-$(FULLVERSION) \
> +         $(INSTALL_DIR)/boot/vmlinuz-$(EXTRAVERSION)
>  
>  $(LINUX_DIR)/include/linux/autoconf.h: pristine-linux-$(LINUX_VER)
>       rm -rf $(LINUX_DIR)
> 
> 


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