linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: asm-generic support

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Date:	Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:39:49 +0800
From:	"Guan Xuetao" <guanxuetao@...c.pku.edu.cn>
To:	"'Sam Ravnborg'" <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	"'lkml'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux-kbuild'" <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux arch'" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'Arnd Bergmann'" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"'Michal Marek'" <mmarek@...e.cz>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: asm-generic support



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Ravnborg [mailto:sam@...nborg.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:27 AM
> To: Guan Xuetao
> Cc: 'lkml'; 'linux-kbuild'; 'linux arch'; 'Arnd Bergmann'; 'Michal Marek'
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: asm-generic support
> 
> Hi Guan (I will try to spell you name correct fom now on!)
Thanks.
> 
> > > +	During the prepare phase of the build a wrapper include
> > > +	file is generated in the directory:
> > > +
> > > +		arch/$(ARCH)/include/generated/asm
> > IMHO, the directory could be include/generated/asm
> 
> We have moved all the arch specific files away from include/*
> which is why I invented arch/$(ARCH)/include/generated.
> 
> I was actually considering:
> 
>    arch/$(ARCH)/generated.
> 
> But using include/generated just seems wrong.
The generated headers is just the wrapper of asm-generic headers, so it's
more the interface than the arch specific files.
Using include/generated avoids two generated header dirs, and simplifies
the thought and handler. 

Guan Xuetao

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