Thanks Erik. I need to use 2.4.21 because it's a legacy product. We use 2.6 in all our new products. :) -> -----Original Message----- -> From: Erik Mouw [mailto:J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] -> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 7:47 AM -> To: Steve Iribarne -> Cc: kernel newbies -> Subject: Re: Building the kernel question -> -> On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 07:21:16AM -0700, Steve Iribarne wrote: -> > I have checked in the kernel to our Clearcase repository. Don't tell -> me -> > to use CVS, it's a battle I can't win at this place. -> -> No, you should use git/cogito instead :) -> -> > In Clearcase you have these "views" called dynamic views and they don't -> > let you "touch" a file without checking it out. -> > -> > What I have noticed is that when I try to "make bzImage" that make -> > touches all the header files. -> > -> > Is there a way to tell make NOT to touch the files?? -> -> 2.4 development is dead, and 2.4.21 is a really ancient kernel. Try -> linux-2.6, it has a much better build system that doesn't touch files -> AFAIK. You could even use "make O=otherdir" to put all generated files -> in "otherdir". -> -> -> Erik -> -> -- -> Erik Mouw -> J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
