linux-kernel - Re: Module.symvers not ignored at all?

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Date:	Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:16:05 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Module.symvers not ignored at all?

On 26.3.2011 17:59, Ralf Thielow wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> why is "Module.symvers" only ignored in the root directory
> but not in the others? If i rebuild separate modules, i see some
> of these files with "git status".

If you do it the documented way, i.e. make path/to/module.ko instead of
abusing M=, then no Module.symvers in the subdirectory will be created.

Michal
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