linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: include only necessary in scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:22:32 +0800
From:	Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: include only necessary in scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:
> On 6.1.2010 11:31, Eric Miao wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:
>>> On 6.1.2010 07:26, Eric Miao wrote:
>>>> scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin assumes either Kbuild or Makefile exists in
>>>> every sub-directory, which is not true.
>>>
>>> It assumes what there is a kbuild file in each directory listed in
>>> subdir-[ym] or obj-[ym]. For which directory is this not true? Did you
>>> see an actual build failure? The same include is used in
>>> scripts/Makefile.build, where it has been working fine for ages...
>>>
>>
>> Well, it's in my tree outside mainline, I have to make this change
>> to get it build. And'm wondering if that's a correct assumption.
>
> And scripts/Makefile.build does not fail? Strange. Can you point me at
> the tree so that I can have a look? I assume it's some branch of
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ycmiao/pxa-linux-2.6.git.
>

No, it's not within that tree.

And indeed it's strange - while scripts/Makefile.build doesn't fail since
there seems to be a script that generates some Makefiles in between
the build process, I'll get this figured out to see what is the root
cause.

> Thanks,
> Michal
>
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