On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 07:29:37PM +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> > I frequently (but not frequently enough) compile kernels on one machine
> > that are to be used on another machine. If It needs modules, I will need a
> > way to collect all modules that need to be transfered into a directory.
> > Usurally I'll want INSTALL_MOD_PATH=somedir make modules_install, but I
> > keep forgetting the name of the variable. I suppose I'm not the only one.
> >
> > Therefore I suggest a modules_collect target, which will collect all
> > modules into a single directory ready for being tared and transfered:
>
> If you keep forgetting the variable name why not put the variable name
> in the help instead of adding a new target?
Because I'm lazy. I think you may be right:
Signed-Off-By: Bodo Eggert <[email protected]>
--- Makefile.orig 2005-11-23 20:07:17.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile 2005-11-23 20:08:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -1065,5 +1065,5 @@ help:
@echo '* vmlinux - Build the bare kernel'
@echo '* modules - Build all modules'
- @echo ' modules_install - Install all modules'
+ @echo ' modules_install - Install all modules to INSTALL_MOD_PATH (default: /)'
@echo ' dir/ - Build all files in dir and below'
@echo ' dir/file.[ois] - Build specified target only'
--
Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say:
79. What's this "any" key I'm supposed to press?
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