Messages in this thread | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: PATCH 2.4.4.3: 3rdparty driver support for kbuild | Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:10:16 +1000 |
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 19:03:45 -0400, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> wrote: >Keith Owens wrote: >> On Sun, 15 Apr 2001 05:25:24 -0400, >> Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> wrote: >> >The attached patch, against kernel 2.4.4-pre3, adds a feature I call >> >"3rd-party support." >> >> Already covered by my 2.5 makefile rewrite[1] which has explicit >> support for third party kernel source. > >I don't see how multiple source trees can be merged automatically with >100% accuracy.
I agree, multiple source trees only work 100% for non-overlapping code. It does not matter how you implement separate source, the moment it overlaps you need human intervention. That is true for my makefile-2.5 as well as your Perl method.
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