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Kernel 2.5.22 30

DaveAtFraud writes "The latest experimental Linux kernel (2.5.22) is out. The somewhat massive changelog has the details. The patch file is here and the full source is here. If possible use a mirror. I never got 2.5.21 to get beyond single user mode on my dualie so hopefully 2.5.22 will fix that."
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Kernel 2.5.22

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  • The ChangeLog entry:

    kbuild: Pass to fixdep

    cpp -MD guesses the target name from the source file name, but not
    always correctly, e.g. when compiling fixdep, it generates prequisites
    for fixdep.o instead of fixdep.

    fixdep now fixes up the -MD generated output to contain the right target,
    which is the one we pass on the command line.

    This can be fixed another way bu using the option -MQ or MT:
    `-MT TARGET'
    Change the target of the rule emitted by dependency generation. By
    default CPP takes the name of the main input file, including any
    path, deletes any file suffix such as `.c', and appends the
    platform's usual object suffix. The result is the target.

    An `-MT' option will set the target to be exactly the string you
    specify. If you want multiple targets, you can specify them as a
    single argument to `-MT', or use multiple `-MT' options.

    For example, `-MT '$(objpfx)foo.o'' might give

    $(objpfx)foo.o: foo.c

    `-MQ TARGET'
    Same as `-MT', but it quotes any characters which are special to
    Make. `-MQ '$(objpfx)foo.o'' gives

    $$(objpfx)foo.o: foo.c

    The default target is automatically quoted, as if it were given
    with `-MQ'.
  • Who the fuck cares (Score:1, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    I'm sure most of our viewers would rather see notices about release of the stable branches (2.2 and 2.4), instead of notices regarding the unstable branch. How about a poll?
  • Hopefully I won't go blind replying to my own posting but current is now 2.5.24. It compiles and seems to be stable on my dualie AMD box. Is it my imagination or are the odd development kernels a little more "developmental" than the even ones? So far 2.5.20, 2.5.22 and 2.5.24 have all built with little or no pain while 2.5.21 and 2.5.23 were DOA.

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