Re: port-shark/41672: Install kernel in release directory is ELFversion only.

[Soren Jacobsen <snj%pobox.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-shark/41672; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Soren Jacobsen <snj%pobox.com@localhost>
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, 
is%beverly.kleinbus.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-shark/41672: Install kernel in release directory is
 ELFversion only.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:29:46 -0800

 On Nov 6, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
 
 > (3)Where and in which name install RAMDISK kernels should be put
 >
 > Maybe we should re-think about this.
 >
 > There are several historical and port specific variants.
 > Some ports require special binary formats and others not.
 > The firmware on shark and cats require a.out kernels,
 > but gxemul emulating cats requires a standard ELF kernel.
 > dreamcast requires a raw netbsd-GENERIC_MD.bin kernel for bootstrap,
 > but it has been put in binary/kernel.
 > arc requires netbsd-RAMDISK.gz kernel as alpha,
 > but it has been put in binary/kernel.
 > (yes, I did the latter two, but it was just because i386 put it there)
 >
 > For now, it might be a compromise to change MDSET_RELEASEDIR
 > in distrib/shark/instkernel/instkernel/Makefile from
 > binary/kernel to installation/instkernel, I think.
 
 That would be fine with me (INSTALLATION_DIRS+=installation/instkernel  
 also needs to be added to etc/etc.shark/Makefile.inc).
 
 One other thing, though:
 
 The ".aout" naming is inconsistent: netbsd.aout-GENERIC.gz and netbsd- 
 INSTALL.aout.gz.
 
 cats also uses the "netbsd.aout" form.
 
 I don't really care what the name of the file is, but I will note that  
 renaming it back to netbsd.gz would kill two birds with one stone.  
 Assuming the ELF version disappeared, anyway :)