linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 0/8] Remove 'TOPDIR' from Makefiles

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Message-ID: <20080102095159.GB7815@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Wed, 2 Jan 2008 10:51:59 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch 0/8] Remove 'TOPDIR' from Makefiles

On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 03:13:11PM +0800, WANG Cong wrote:
> 
> TOPDIR is obsolete, use srctree or objtree instead.
> 
> This patch set removes all the TOPDIR use in the whole
> source tree and finally drops it in the top Makefile.
> They're against the current linus-tree.
> 
> Note that Patch [8/8] should be applied _after_ all the
> previous patches are applied.

Hi Wang.

You a heads up. I will most likely apply
the remaining of the patches tonight, except the UM stuff
which I hope Jeff to take and the final removal of TOPDIR
may wait a bit.
I want the s390, xfs and um changes to hit -mm at least
and we have several external modules that uses TOPDIR.

And some of these external modules I care about - not
all of them but some of them.

	Sam
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