linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] kbuild: link of vmlinux moved to a script

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Date:	Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:28:08 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	linux arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] kbuild: link of vmlinux moved to a script

On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 22:59, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
> Move the final link of vmlinux to a script to improve
> readability and maintainability of the code.
> The Makefil fragments used to link vmlinux has over the

Makefile

> years seen far too much changes and the logic was very

... too many ...

> hard to follow.

> "um" has special link requirments - and the
> only was to handle this was to hard-code the linking

only way ...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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