Re: tlug: Building a better beast: binutils 2.8 and 3Com 3C90x 'Boomerang' (adding a new driver to the kernel config)

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

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>>>>> "Chris" == Christopher Wiles <wileyc@example.com> writes:

    Chris> On Thu, 29 May 1997, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

    >> In the process of building the new kernel, I discovered that
    >> binutils 2.8 eliminated the "-k/--raw" option from the objdump
    >> utility, which is used to build the compressed kernels.

    Chris> *chuckle* Remove /usr/bin/encaps -- the Makefile uses the
    Chris> existance of this executable to switch between objcopy and
    Chris> encaps/objdump build methods.

Thanks for the hint; eventually I could have figured it out, I guess,
but it's not obvious; no comment in the Makefile for why it was used.

    Chris> <RANT>

    Chris> This change hasn't received nearly enough publicity --

Publicity is nice, documentation is required.  :-(

    Chris> (obviously not a big fan of HJ)

Does he do stuff like that a lot?  I guess that's one way to make sure 
you're essential!

    Chris> </RANT>

:-)

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                            Stephen J. Turnbull
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