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| author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2019-10-29 04:43:29 -0600 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2019-10-29 04:43:29 -0600 |
| commit | 822bbba0cabb50825a0ce22707dc45eb82d02853 (patch) | |
| tree | ea61d4ca72cb60b4cae8e95f64eefa7cd2a36603 /Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst | |
| parent | d41abfd7ae33cd3c1d9189438937d61cb75e690a (diff) | |
| parent | 7d194c2100ad2a6dded545887d02754948ca5241 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'v5.4-rc4' into docs-next
I need to pick up the independent changes made to
Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst to be able to merge further
work without creating a total mess.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst index d2ae799237fd..774a998dcf37 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst @@ -498,10 +498,11 @@ build. will be written containing all exported symbols that were not defined in the kernel. ---- 6.3 Symbols From Another External Module +6.3 Symbols From Another External Module +---------------------------------------- Sometimes, an external module uses exported symbols from - another external module. kbuild needs to have full knowledge of + another external module. Kbuild needs to have full knowledge of all symbols to avoid spitting out warnings about undefined symbols. Three solutions exist for this situation. @@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ build. The top-level kbuild file would then look like:: #./Kbuild (or ./Makefile): - obj-y := foo/ bar/ + obj-m := foo/ bar/ And executing:: |