[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)?
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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