linux-kernel - Re: Mutli-directory module Makefiles

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:47:40 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Mutli-directory module Makefiles

On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 22:08:34 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 2018-01-23 6:46 GMT+09:00 Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>:
> > Hi!
> >
> > in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp there is a module which is built
> > from C sources in 4 directories.  What is the best way to handle that?
> >
> > Currently we just add all the objects in one Makefile:
> >
> > nfp-objs := \
> >             nfpcore/nfp6000_pcie.o \
> >             nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.o \
> > etc.  
> 
> 
> I recommend you to refactor the Makefile,
> adding Makefiles into nfpcore, nic, flower, bpf sub-directories.
> 
> 
> Also, ifeq is ugly,
> can you rewrite like follows?
> 
> 
> nfp-$(CONFIG_NFP_APP_FLOWER)    += flower/
> nfp-$(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL)       += bpf/
> nfp-$(CONFIG_NFP_DEBUG)         += nfp_net_debugfs.o

I tried that, but what do I build inside the directories?  I tried
adding the objects to nfp-objs, building a lib.a, or trying to build a
separate object, but it's either ignored or dependency is not obeyed
and nfp.o complains that the subdirectory object doesn't exist yet
when the build of subdirectory finishes later :(

Sorry for not spotting your response earlier!  It went into Spam for
some reason :S