Re: kb25 manual [was Re: [Linux-usb-users] Re: What to do with all of the USB UHCI drivers in the kernel?]

[Tomas Szepe]

> | > BTW> one of the reasons I never bothered myself with kbuild-2.5
> | > is for example that nio matter how frequently Keith
> | > is advertising it - every time I go there to have a look at it
> | > at sf what I find is a scatter heap of .tar.gz. The documentation
> | > about how to install it makes me nervous, since I would
> | > rather just expect a diff and a README how to use it, so I never
> | > look after it.
> |
> | Duh... All you need is the core package (diff #1), the architecture
> | independent modifications package (diff #2) and finally diff #3 that
> | adds the arch-specific stuff. Everything's in a single list on sf.
> |
> | then just do s/t like
> | cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-pre8 && zcat \
> | 	../kbuild-2.5-core-14.gz \
> | 	../kbuild-2.5-common-2.4.19-pre8-1.gz \
> | 	../kbuild-2.5-i386-2.4.19-pre8-1.gz \
> | 	| patch -sp1
> |
> | and read the comprehensive manual in Documentation/kbuild/
> |
> | What's there to be nervous about?
> 
> so there should just be a short, simple readme about how to
> install and use it -- not one that is 2400 lines long.
> Other than that, I like it.

How about submitting one to Keith yourself then? :)

No really, I don't think there's a problem with the manual.
If you just want to learn how to compile a kernel, you can
skim thru the first section of the file in under 30 seconds.

> Other than that, I like it.

Who doesn't. I mean, apart from Wayne Brown who hates to have
to remember to issue simpler commands. ;)

T.