From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268468AbUIFS5l (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Sep 2004 14:57:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268470AbUIFS5l (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Sep 2004 14:57:41 -0400 Received: from pfepc.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.237]:4140 "EHLO pfepc.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268468AbUIFS5j (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Sep 2004 14:57:39 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 21:00:52 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Horst von Brand Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kbuild: Simplify vmlinux generation Message-ID: <20040906190052.GB8230@mars.ravnborg.org> Mail-Followup-To: Horst von Brand , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040905201235.GC16901@mars.ravnborg.org> <200409061841.i86Ifdnj008952@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200409061841.i86Ifdnj008952@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 02:41:39PM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote: > Sam Ravnborg said: > > [...] > > Some comments interspersed. > > Signed off by: Horst H. von Brand > > (Not too much intellect in here, and no property, but...) If you could just tell me why akpm's x86_64 do not boot with this one :-( I will fix my wording as you suggest - thanks. > +# > > +# vmlinux version cannot be updated during normal descending-into-subdirs > > The vmlinux version? Or some file? uname -v (the number after #) > > > > -define rule_verify_kallsyms > > +define verify_kallsyms > > Why delete "rule_" here? Down you create a new rule with "rule_" rule_ is used only for the defines used in $(call if_changed_rule ... verify_kallsyms are called direct. rule_ksym_ld is called using $(if_changed_rule ...) Sam