[PATCH] powerpc/boot: Remove bogus reference to lilo

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Wed Oct 9 16:38:06 AEDT 2024


The help text refers to lilo, but the install script does not run lilo
and never has. The reference to lilo seems to have come originally from
arch/ppc/Makefile, but it was not true there either.

Remove it.

Reported-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux at leemhuis.info>
Link: https://fosstodon.org/@kernellogger/113032940928131612
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index bbfe4a1f06ef..d115834817db 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ define archhelp
   echo '  install         - Install kernel using'
   echo '                    (your) ~/bin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
   echo '                    (distribution) /sbin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
-  echo '                    install to $$(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo'
+  echo '                    install to $$(INSTALL_PATH)'
   echo '  *_defconfig     - Select default config from arch/powerpc/configs'
   echo ''
   echo '  Targets with <dt> embed a device tree blob inside the image'
-- 
2.46.2



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