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

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

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

From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
To: snj%pobox.com@localhost
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, 
is%beverly.kleinbus.org@localhost,
        tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost
Subject: Re: port-shark/41672: Install kernel in release directory is ELFversion
         only.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:09:21 +0900

 I think there are three problems:
 
 (1)INSTALL notes should be sync'ed with reality
 
 I agree with it of course.
 
 (2)How install RAMDISK kernels should be built
 
 I think shark had a problem on it and fixes in the PR is correct.
 (cats has the same problem BTW)
 
 (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.
 
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 Izumi Tsutsui