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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/changes.rst | 19 |
3 files changed, 30 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt index 114c7ce7b58d..8390c360d4b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt @@ -50,6 +50,22 @@ LDFLAGS_MODULE -------------------------------------------------- Additional options used for $(LD) when linking modules. +HOSTCFLAGS +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional flags to be passed to $(HOSTCC) when building host programs. + +HOSTCXXFLAGS +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional flags to be passed to $(HOSTCXX) when building host programs. + +HOSTLDFLAGS +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional flags to be passed when linking host programs. + +HOSTLDLIBS +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional libraries to link against when building host programs. + KBUILD_KCONFIG -------------------------------------------------- Set the top-level Kconfig file to the value of this environment diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index 048fc39a6b91..766355b1d221 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ Both possibilities are described in the following. When compiling host programs, it is possible to set specific flags. The programs will always be compiled utilising $(HOSTCC) passed - the options specified in $(HOSTCFLAGS). + the options specified in $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS). To set flags that will take effect for all host programs created in that Makefile, use the variable HOST_EXTRACFLAGS. @@ -1105,6 +1105,12 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): target: source(s) FORCE #WRONG!# $(call if_changed, ld/objcopy/gzip/...) + Note: if_changed should not be used more than once per target. + It stores the executed command in a corresponding .cmd + file and multiple calls would result in overwrites and + unwanted results when the target is up to date and only the + tests on changed commands trigger execution of commands. + ld Link target. Often, LDFLAGS_$@ is used to set specific options to ld. diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index ddc029734b25..005d8842a503 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ binutils 2.20 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version bison 2.0 bison --version util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version -module-init-tools 0.9.10 depmod -V +kmod 13 depmod -V e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V jfsutils 1.1.3 fsck.jfs -V reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 reiserfsck -V @@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you have no way to rebuild and reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops with ksymoops. -Module-Init-Tools ------------------ - -A new module loader is now in the kernel that requires ``module-init-tools`` -to use. It is backward compatible with the 2.4.x series kernels. - Mkinitrd -------- @@ -371,16 +365,17 @@ Util-linux - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/> +Kmod +---- + +- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/> +- <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git> + Ksymoops -------- - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/> -Module-Init-Tools ------------------ - -- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/> - Mkinitrd -------- |