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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index bf28c47bfd72..48eab0bb1183 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -154,13 +154,8 @@ more details, with real examples. Kbuild compiles all the $(obj-y) files. It then calls "$(AR) rcSTP" to merge these files into one built-in.a file. - This is a thin archive without a symbol table, which makes it - unsuitable as a linker input. - - The scripts/link-vmlinux.sh script later makes an aggregate - built-in.a with "${AR} rcsTP", which creates the thin archive - with a symbol table and an index, making it a valid input for - the final vmlinux link passes. + This is a thin archive without a symbol table. It will be later + linked into vmlinux by scripts/link-vmlinux.sh The order of files in $(obj-y) is significant. Duplicates in the lists are allowed: the first instance will be linked into |