linux-kernel - Re: kbuild now support arch/$ARCH/include

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Date:	Sat, 9 Aug 2008 04:50:44 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>
Cc:	linux arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kbuild now support arch/$ARCH/include - time for ARCHs to convert

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:21:45AM -0400, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 05:27:26AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:06:47PM -0400, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:05:00PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > > > I am limited in time and resources at the moment but I
> > > > would be glad to help out as time permits should there
> > > > be any questions.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Just a quick one... I moved the files on parisc, but found we're still
> > > using include/asm-$foo/asm-offsets.h. A quick glance at Kbuild seems to
> > > indicate so. Is this expected?
> > Yes.
> > 
> > asm-offsets.h is a generated file and I wanted to avoid adding
> > generated files to arch/$ARCH/include.
> > 
> > It was also a less intrusive patch to keep it at the old location.
> > But I recall that it troubles me a bit before I got it
> > correct but the kbuild changes all take care of this.
> > 
> 
> Thanks for clarifying, Sam.

Any chance we can have this pushed towards Linus?

It would be nice to gat as many arch converted in this cycle as possible.

	Sam
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