On 5.4.2011 17:30, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> --- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile >> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile >> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ >> # This can be either FLOPPY, CURRENT, /dev/xxxx or empty, in which case >> # the default of FLOPPY is used by 'build'. >> >> -ROOT_DEV := CURRENT >> +ROOT_DEV ?= CURRENT >> >> # If you want to preset the SVGA mode, uncomment the next line and >> # set SVGA_MODE to whatever number you want. > > Is this a good thing? As far as I understand ?= it may mean picking > something up from the outside environment. > > Since ROOT_DEV has been obsolete for 15 years or more, this would seem > to be a needless new error mode. So can we just set the default root device to (0, 0)? Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
