XFS, ReiserFS, And ext3 Comparisons

Robert E. Raymond rraymond
Mon May 17 11:45:54 PDT 2004


On Tuesday 25 March 2003 05:39 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Robert E. Raymond wrote:
> > > > As of maybe around 2.5.6x, make dep is no longer needed, and the
> > > > instructions say to 'make bzImage' after you get done saving your
> > > > config. I tend to run 'make modules' anyway, and this builds most of
> > > > the compiled in stuff anyway, tho make bzImage still needs to be run.
> > >
> > > err...'make modules' or 'make dep'?0
> >
> > I no longer run make dep.  The output after menuconfig is:
> >
> > *** End of Linux kernel configuration.
> > *** Check the top-level Makefile for additional configuration.
> > *** Next, you may run 'make bzImage', 'make bzdisk', or 'make install'.
> >
> > I tend to run make modules out of habit.  Entering 'make dep' gives me
> > ***Warning: make dep is unnecessary now.
>
> i'm still confused here.  why are you running 'make modules' when the next
> step is 'make bzImage'?

Habit.  It works, so I do it.  My order is generally 'make modules' 'make 
modules_install' 'make bzImage'

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